Pope▓s Ferrari sold at an auction

Date: 06.12.2005 Source: news agency "Russian Antique"

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Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo handed over a 950,000 euro (1.1 million dollars) cheque to Pope Benedict XVI, the proceeds from an auction of one of its most exclusive models.

The 400th and last of the ╚Enzo╩ special series road model was presented to the late Pope John Paul II in January, a few months before his death. Ferrari said at the time the car had been specially made for the pope, with a list price of 640,000 euros.

The car was snapped up by a private American collector at an auction in June √ two months after the late pope's death √ at which it realized nearly a third more.

John Paul II's German successor was also presented with the steering wheel from the Ferrari Formula One car driven by his German compatriot Michael Schumacher.

╚It's very complicated to drive, Your Holiness, there is a lot of technology╩ involved, said Montezemolo of the Formula One car. The pope said he had his hands full trying to ╚drive the Church╩.