When someone special touches a car, its commercial value skyrockets. The Fiat 500L that carried the Pope on his last visit to the US was no exception.
Last Friday, the small Fiat MPV (which we talked about here) was auctioned for 75 thousand euros, four times more than its commercial value.What makes this Fiat 500L such a special model? It is the 500L that Pope Francis transported on his last visit to the US, in 2015. The auction took just 11 minutes and had 19 bidders. The money raised goes to the benefit of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Since he was elected Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has insisted on being transported in common cars, having even been offered jeans with wheels, which is how to say… a Renault 4L from 1984 with 300 thousand kilometers . More than enough for your daily “walks” around the Vatican.