At the end of September this year, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit Germany. And for this significant event, the Germans will prepare a new "his popemobile" on the basis of an all-wheel drive SUV Mercedes-Benz ML-class. Car book (curb weight will jump to approximately five tons) and equip a parallel hybrid power plant. Say, an ardent environmentalist, the successor of John Paul II originally wanted electric, but for security reasons this idea was decided to bury. Indeed, in the case of the assassination attempt on Pope electrodermal car would not be able to quickly leave the place of attack, and the battery charge for a long time would not be enough. In the British newspaper The Telegraph reported that capacity lithium-ion battery Mercedes should be enough to overcome the 16 miles (almost 26 km) without using ice. However, in the Vatican city state: early autumn Stutgart unlikely to produce spectroscopy. More real time of the debut, the end of 2011. This is what is known today as star of" the automaker refused to disclose the details. We we would add: "em-e" surely equipped with dual high to be able to move on as low as possible speed Yes transparent cabin-cube made of bulletproof plexiglass. Degree of protection class B6/B7.