Popemobiles

[jotage21]

Some cars used by the Pope, AKA Popemobiles. The Flaminia is not a Popemobile, but made to Italian President, but maybe the Pope had ride in it someday. The car identified as Lancia Thesis is actually Lancia Giubileo, from 2000.

[jotage21]

Some more Popemobiles

[jotage21]

Some more

[grobmotorix]

Some more:

[als15]

The Lancia Flaminia is not for the Pope. It's one of the four made by Pininfarina for the President of Italian Republic.
And the correct name for the Thesis is "Lancia Giubileo". In 2000 the Thesis didn't exist yet (was introduced in 2002), and that car was a preview.

Last comment: do you know that the Popemobil always carries the plate "SCV 1"?
The protocol says that when the Pope is going to use a car, it must have His plate.

[Bill Murray]

A few more.
Bill

[Bill Murray]

Sorry, last photo of three was way too large.  Here it is resized.
Bill

[jotage21]

The Lancia Flaminia is not for the Pope. It's one of the four made by Pininfarina for the President of Italian Republic.
And the correct name for the Thesis is "Lancia Giubileo". In 2000 the Thesis didn't exist yet (was introduced in 2002), and that car was a preview.

Last comment: do you know that the Popemobil always carries the plate "SCV 1"?
The protocol says that when the Pope is going to use a car, it must have His plate.

Thank you for the information, I´ve seen the Flaminia and the Giubileo in a report in a site about the Popemobiles, but I´m sure that if someone is right is You
I´ll correct my post.
BTW, do You have some info about the Fiat 130 posted by Grobmotorix?

[grobmotorix]

It´s been built by Fissore in 1972 and has it own Facebook site:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.368024393317388.1073741833.346898538763307&type=3

[als15]

It was used for the visit of John Paul II in Poland, coming home as the new Pope in 1979. You can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viq0cW90zYs

[jotage21]

Thank You, a very beautiful car

[als15]

Fiat Nuova Campagnola, an important Popemobil as it was not only used during the visit of the Pope John Paul II in Turin in 1980 but also it was the car on which he was when was shooted in 1981.
It was also the car used for the first ride among the people by Benedict XVI a few minutes after his election in 2005.

[als15]

A not very known popemobile: white Fiat Ducato minibus uesd to visit Emilia after the earthquake in 2012. Sorry for the poor pictures.
By the way, for my "real" job with modern cars, I had a little involvement in making this one.

[grobmotorix]

Still some more.
Who knows the first one?

[Bill Murray]

Your unknown Pope car is a 1926 Bianchi tipo 20.
Here is a poor shot of the radiator mascot.
Bill

[grobmotorix]

Brilliant - thank you!

[Bill Murray]

Most welcome!!

Here are two more rather unusual Pope vehicles.
Can anyone identify the truck used in Mexico?
Bill

[staulan]

Built by British Leyland in 1982 for the Pope's visit to Scotland, the six-wheeled converted truck has since been used by the late Pontiff during his visits to Zimbabwe and Botswana in 1988 and Zambia in 1989.

[staulan]

Some others.

[jotage21]

Another Picture of the Ghia Chrysler Imperial Limousine from 1954, from Pope Pius XII

[Wendax]

A Karenjy from Madagascar:

[grobmotorix]

The pope drove Itala in 1909:

[jotage21]

Hyundai Santa Fe Popemobile

[als15]

Latest popemobile: Francesco visiting Turin to see the Holy Shroud on June 20th 2015.
You know, he is very informal and clearly asked us a regular car, a good comfortable new Fiat Doblò, not even painted white.

[jotage21]

Giovanni Paolo II Ferrari Enzo