The term was popularised by the Polish Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005 and who refused to be deterred from such trips even by an assassination attempt. The new and fully electric popemobile is ...

From the 1980s, Pope John Paul II initially also travelled in a vehicle designated as a "Popemobile" - a modified G-Class - to the celebrations in St. Peter's Square. From 2002, he mostly made use ...

The Pope holds his audiences in a standing position, so that he is easily visible to all his flock. The Holy Father is continuing a long tradition with the new Popemobile from Mercedes-Benz.