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Nissan creates NP300 ‘Popemobile’ pickup
Vatican chooses controversial crash-test bakkie for pontiff’s Indian Island visit
A Nissan NP300 Hardbody, which infamously scored a zero star rating in a crash test, provided the basis for a unique "Popemobile" for Pope Francis’s final stop, the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, on his three-country visit to Africa last month.
The Roman Catholic Church has been using specially built cars for the pontiff since 1965 when Pope Paul VI used one to greet the crowds in New York, but the so-called "Popemobile" complete with viewing deck has been in use since 1978. Several manufacturers have made vehicles over the years, but this was the first time the job fell to Nissan and more specifically, Nissan’s Mauritian NSC ABC Motors...
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