People & motoring

Celebrities and their cars

The cars they chose, customized and made famous. Explore the documented stories behind the connection.

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2 of 70 stories for Pope Francis

Pope Francis’s white 1984 Renault 4 displayed behind red ropes in the Vatican Museums; the registration is outside Joyride’s crop.
Photo: Biser Todorov · CC BY 4.0.
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Pope Francis’s actual 1984 Renault 4, photographed by Biser Todorov in the Vatican Museums on October 20, 2018. Joyride cropped the left edge so the registration is not shown.

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Former owner · documented giftReligious leader · Argentina and Vatican City
Pope Francis in a May 2016 identification portrait by the Estonian Foreign Ministry.

Pope Francis

1984 Renault 4 · 30 hp · four-speed column shift

Father Renzo Zocca’s well-used Renault crossed his Verona parish for decades before he gave the exact car to Pope Francis in 2013.

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Front-right view of the actual white Pope Francis Lamborghini Huracán with narrow gold stripes at the RM Sotheby's Paris display; no registration is visible.
Photo: Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The actual white-and-gold Lamborghini Huracán donated to Pope Francis, photographed by Thesupermat at RM Sotheby's Paris display on February 6, 2018. The chassis stamp and bonnet signature are not visible in this view.

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Donation recipient and charity-auction association · not personal useReligious leader · Argentina and Vatican City
Pope Francis in a May 2016 identification portrait by the Estonian Foreign Ministry.

Pope Francis

2018 Lamborghini Huracán RWD Coupé · chassis ZHWEC2ZF1HLA06894

Lamborghini donated this white-and-gold Huracán to Pope Francis, who signed it and directed its auction proceeds to charity. The record supports a gift and sale—not driving or personal use.

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