Religious leader · Argentina and Vatican City · Donation recipient and charity-auction association · not personal use

Pope Francis

2018 Lamborghini Huracán RWD Coupé · chassis ZHWEC2ZF1HLA06894

Front-right view of the actual white Pope Francis Lamborghini Huracán with narrow gold stripes at the RM Sotheby's Paris display; no registration is visible.
The actual white-and-gold Lamborghini Huracán donated to Pope Francis, photographed by Thesupermat at RM Sotheby's Paris display on February 6, 2018. The chassis stamp and bonnet signature are not visible in this view.Photo: Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Pope Francis in a May 2016 identification portrait by the Estonian Foreign Ministry.
Pope Francis2016 · Identification portraitEstonian Foreign Ministry · CC BY 2.0.
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A one-off Huracán built to leave the garage

Connection
Donation recipient and charity-auction association · not personal use
When
Presented and signed in November 2017 · sold for charity May 12, 2018
Identity
Chassis ZHWEC2ZF1HLA06894 · Ad Personam Bianco Monocerus with Giallo Tiberino stripes · bonnet signed by Pope Francis

Automobili Lamborghini built this rear-wheel-drive Huracán through its Ad Personam department, pairing Bianco Monocerus paint with Giallo Tiberino striping inspired by the Vatican City flag. Lamborghini donated the individual car to Pope Francis in November 2017, and Francis signed its bonnet during the Vatican presentation. That handoff is the connection: Joyride does not turn it into a claim that he drove the car or kept it for personal use.

The paper trail is unusually exact. RM Sotheby's identifies chassis ZHWEC2ZF1HLA06894, the European specification, white leather interior, twenty-inch Giano wheels and the planned allocation of proceeds among four charitable causes. Lamborghini then displayed the car at its museum before the May 12, 2018 Monaco auction. The auction house records a €809,375 sale result, while Lamborghini's own report says €715,000. Joyride preserves both official figures because the reviewed pages do not explain their different fee bases.

Thesupermat photographed the same one-off car at RM Sotheby's Paris display on February 6, 2018. The white-and-gold Ad Personam treatment and auction setting match the primary records, while the chassis stamp is not visible. The photographer licenses the image CC BY-SA 4.0; Joyride serves Wikimedia Commons' 1280-pixel derivative byte-for-byte and does not substitute a generic Huracán.

Documented custody

Where the car went next

  1. Late 2017Built as a one-off charity car

    Lamborghini's Ad Personam department completed the European-specification RWD Coupé in Bianco Monocerus with Giallo Tiberino detailing.

  2. November 2017Presented and signed at the Vatican

    Lamborghini donated the car to Pope Francis, who signed the bonnet. The record establishes receipt and signature, not driving or personal use.

  3. February–May 2018Displayed before the auction

    The exact car was photographed at RM Sotheby's Paris display on February 6 and later exhibited by the Lamborghini Museum until the Monaco sale.

  4. May 12, 2018Sold for charity in Monaco

    RM Sotheby's reports €809,375; Lamborghini reports €715,000. Joyride does not infer the fee basis, buyer identity or later custody.

Follow the evidence

Sources for this story

Lamborghini documents the one-off Ad Personam build, donation, Pope Francis's signature, museum display and charity purpose. RM Sotheby's identifies chassis ZHWEC2ZF1HLA06894, exact specification and completed May 12, 2018 sale. The sources publish different sale figures—€809,375 from RM Sotheby's and €715,000 from Lamborghini—so both are retained without an unsupported fee-basis explanation. No driving, personal use, current ownership, buyer identity, post-sale custody, exact Joyride profile or game compatibility is claimed.

Reviewed

Why this is the actual car
  • Photo identity evidence

    RM Sotheby's identifies the one-off Bianco Monocerus/Giallo Tiberino Huracán as chassis ZHWEC2ZF1HLA06894 and records its Pope Francis donation and sale.

  • Photo identity evidence

    Thesupermat identifies the February 6, 2018 photograph as own work at RM Sotheby's Paris display and licenses it CC BY-SA 4.0; the unique white-and-gold treatment and auction setting match the primary record.

The matching photographer, venue, date and vehicle history establish the identification; the chassis stamp is not visible in these photographs.