Pope Benedict XVI will be presenting itself in a stylish way before the 40,000 pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. This stylish way is the PopeMobile, an open-top Mercedes-Benz G-Class. The development of this PopeMobile took two years and the Vatican had also been consulted and now it has been delivered to the Pope himself.

This particular Mercedes-Benz model has actually been requested by the Catholic Church so that they’ll have something to use when the weather is fine. So, Mercedes-Benz started developing the PopeMobile suing the basis of the G 500. It has a folding windscreen and hand rails and is painted in the Vatican mystic white finish. As white seems to be the color of the Vatican, the interior is also white and it can be accessed through steps lined in red at the rear.

The PopeMobile is actually already a long-time tradition between the Vatican and the German automaker. It was Pope Pius XI who first received the Mercedes-Benz as the official car way back in 1930. This Mercedes-Benz model was the Nürburg 460 Pullman limousine. After which, Mercedes continued on supplying the Vatican with vehicles that were especially-designed for the Vatican. Other models that today’s Pope can use are the new G 500 Cabriolet, M and S-Class models equipped with special protection.   

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