The late Pope Francis was unassuming and eschewed lots of the trappings of his place, so it appears applicable his coffin was transported in a outdated single-cab pickup truck.
Footage of his funeral procession in Rome, shared by retailers resembling ABC, revealed the pontiff’s closing journey was a DS-series Ram 1500, completed in white and that includes a platform upon which sat his coffin.
This was used as an alternative of the opposite autos that belong to the Vatican, together with the modified G580 with EQ Know-how that Mercedes-Benz gave it final yr.
As Tork stories, the Ram 1500 was gifted by Mexico to the Vatican in 2016.
Pope Francis had toured Mexico within the pickup that yr, and after being transported to the Vatican it was subsequently used for inner transport in addition to load-hauling.
There’s a Latin American connection to all of this. The pontiff, who handed away on April 21, was born in Argentina, whereas the Ram 1500 has for many years been produced not solely within the US but additionally in Mexico.
It’s unclear if this particular instance was produced in Mexico.
The Ram 1500 wasn’t the late pontiff’s solely ute-based Popemobile, as he beforehand toured Mauritius in a Nissan NP300 Hardbody (higher recognized right here because the Navara) and within the Philippines and all through Europe in an Isuzu D-Max.
The Ram additionally wasn’t the pontiff’s solely car from an auto model now below the Stellantis umbrella.
On his first journey as Pope to the US, he was pushed round in a Fiat 500L – in a reversal of his funeral procession, the place it was an American car being pushed in Italy.
Pope Francis was additionally recognized to make use of varied mass-market autos for transport, together with a second-generation Ford Focus.