Pope Francis to drive his own "popemobile" inside Vatican City

September 13, 2013 - Pope Francis now has his own mini ‘popemobile’ after getting a good deal on a used car that he plans to drive himself. Fr. Ciro Benedettini, the Vice Director of the Holy See’s Press Office said Pope Francis accepted the 1984 Renault 4, donated for free by Fr. Renzo Zocca a 69-yer old priest in northern Italy who used it to visit poor parishioners. The four-door car, in papal white, is manual shift and has a new engine. Fr. Benedettini told the Associated Press on Wednesday: `'The pope intends to drive it.'' Fr. Zocca said he took the Argentine Pope for a short drive in the car at the Vatican on Saturday and that the Pope told him he knows how to drive it. Fr. Zocca said he thinks Francis will use it for short commutes inside the Vatican.