Italian car-parts maker hosts eco-friendly popemobile design contest

Submitted on January 09, 2012
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Carol GlatzCatholic News Service
The annual Autostyle Design Competition will have a special category for an environment-friendly popemobile to possibly replace the vehicle the Holy Father now uses.
The annual Autostyle Design Competition will have a special category for an environment-friendly popemobile to possibly replace the vehicle the Holy Father now uses.
Nikola Solic/Reuters, Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY -- A select group of young international designers will be submitting innovative mock-ups of what an eco-friendly popemobile should look like. For the first time, the annual Autostyle Design Competition will have a special category for a popemobile, according to L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. The vehicle design must meet standards for low-emissions, as well as the Vatican's safety and security standards, it said.

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