Witnessing History The Evolution of the Popemobile over Time

The Stuttgart-based automaker has supplied the Vatican with popemobiles for the past 45 years, according to the company. | World News. The 1980 Mercedes 230 G 'Popemobile' wasn't the company's first car to be used as a pontifical vehicle; that honor goes back to the 1930 Nürburg ... Pope Francis has told a Spanish newspaper that he prefers not to use a bulletproof Popemobile despite the dangers of an assassination ... Holy M-class! Mercedes-Benz Presents Latest Popemobile to His Holiness. Mercedes-Benz has a longstanding relationship with the Vatican, having ... The term Popemobile was coined for a series of modified G-Class SUVs, starting with a 460-series model first used by John Paul II in the 1980s ... ... Popemobile The Pope is going green with an electric Mercedes Popemobile. In a first, the electric Popemobile will have zero carbon emissions. Pope Francis, who has frequently spoken out on environmental issues, will trade in his popemobile for a new model running entirely on ... Mercedes-Benz has designed a special variation of the G-Class SUV for the Vatican which is the first all-electric popemobile. The first "official" popemobile was a bespoke Mercedes-Benz Nurburg 460 Pullman given to Pope Pius XI by the company in 1930. The luxurious ... Pope Francis Gets a New Popemobile: A Used Car. The pope got a good deal on a 1984 Renault, and he intends to drive it around the Vatican ...