Author Topic: Popemobiles (Read 4465 times)

jotage21 · « **on:** February 24, 2014, 08:59:47 PM »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2014, 09:04:14 PM »

Some more Popemobiles

jotage21 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2014, 09:04:59 PM »

Some more

grobmotorix · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2014, 12:46:20 PM »

Some more:

als15 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2014, 06:19:55 AM »

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 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2014, 07:51:46 AM »

A few more.
Bill

Bill Murray · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2014, 07:54:54 AM »

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

jotage21 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2014, 11:26:38 AM »

Quote from: als15 on February 28, 2014, 06:19:55 AM

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 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2014, 12:23:01 PM »

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 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2014, 02:27:06 PM »

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 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2014, 02:35:02 PM »

Thank You, a very beautiful car

als15 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2014, 02:39:51 PM »

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 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2014, 02:44:41 PM »

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 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 01, 2014, 07:20:52 AM »

Still some more.
Who knows the first one?

Bill Murray · « **Reply #14 on:** March 01, 2014, 08:39:32 AM »

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

grobmotorix · « **Reply #15 on:** March 01, 2014, 08:50:45 AM »

Brilliant - thank you!

Bill Murray · « **Reply #16 on:** March 01, 2014, 09:40:44 AM »

Most welcome!!

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

staulan · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2014, 06:55:49 AM »

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 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 02, 2014, 07:05:04 AM »

Some others.

jotage21 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 03, 2014, 10:18:23 PM »

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

Wendax · « **Reply #20 on:** May 04, 2014, 02:18:11 AM »

A Karenjy from Madagascar:

grobmotorix · « **Reply #21 on:** May 29, 2014, 02:02:05 PM »

The pope drove Itala in 1909:

jotage21 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 06, 2015, 09:26:54 PM »

Hyundai Santa Fe Popemobile

als15 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 23, 2015, 07:26:26 AM »

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 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 09, 2015, 07:36:37 PM »

Giovanni Paolo II Ferrari Enzo

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