After more than a day in his new position, the new Pope was the whole world watching and find out what he did in the first 24 hours after the vehicle he used.The answer to the curiosity is the Volkswagen Phaeton sedan, as well as models that the Pope Benedict XVI used. However, Pope Francis demonstrates a different style, while keeping the inherent savings.
Volkswagen Phaeton is a car for the new Pope Francis. Photo: AFP.On 14/3, to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, the Pope was accompanied by one of the Vatican's bulletproof Volkswagen. Black car quite nice but not flashy and dark glass.
Plate number of the Volkswagen Phaeton is CV 03 758, registered in the Vatican. Earlier, the Pope usually travel by car registration plates SCV 1, stands Italian diocesan just the Vatican, and to know the importance of character to the car. But Pope Francis chose a plate in the form of anonymous for his car.
Bulletproof armored vehicles with frosted glass doors. Photo: Reuters.In addition, the Phaeton of the new Pope nor the high-end version of the Phaeton, which is usually with a 3 liter V6 TDI diesel with high fuel efficiency. Back in 2006, Managing Director of Volkswagen Bernd Pischetsrieder gave Pope Benedict XVI a Phaeton 12-cylinder engine with 450 horsepower.
Plate number of the Phaeton is clear simplicity of the new Pope. Photo: IBtimes.
According to Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy), Pope Francis also want that his motorcade down to just one, in addition to the Phaeton his use. It's a Ford with Italian police and security signs. Before that, shortly after becoming Pope, he was still the same the Cardinal move by a bus.
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