From TimesOnline:
The papal tuk-tuks, emblazoned with the Vatican crest, were presented to Benedict XVI last month by Piaggio, the moped maker, which also produces motor rickshaws at a factory in India. They are the first Popemobiles to be made in India and the first three-wheelers in the pontiff’s collection.
The vehicles are more commonly seen laden with passengers weaving dangerously through traffic in India, where Piaggio sells about 150,000 every year for 125,000 rupees (£1,500) each. But Ravi Chopra, the managing director of Piaggio’s Indian subsidiary, told The Times that the tuk-tuks had been specially adapted to “suit the Pope’s needs and to suit a person of his status”. They had been fitted with leather seats, white wheels, white canvas roofs and white doors inscribed with the Vatican insignia.
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