@neko Originally driving a car necessitated gloves and I believe the car manufacturer supplied the glove box, but you needed to provide the gloves yourself (not a problem for rich people who owned many pairs of gloves long before they would decide to purchase an expensive car).

You can still put your gloves in the glove box just fine, but you can also clearly put other things in there too - typically it contains the car manual, service records and touch-up paint, which the manufacturer usually provides.