Papal Visit Set Zetsche On His Road To Damascus

If it weren't for a Papal visit, Dr. Z may never have come to know Mercedes-Benz. A brief article in Automotive News mentions M-B boss Dieter Zetsche's first encounter with a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which ultimately led him to the company that he is now CEO of During the launch of the new S class in Hamburg last night, Zetsche said what he remembers most from a pastoral visit that Pope Paul VI made to the area where he was living as a young man was the Mercedes that his holiness was being driven in. Mercedes' top-of-the-line model wasn't known as the S class at that time, which didn't matter to Zetsche. He said he knew right then and there that he had to figure out a way to someday get behind the wheel of a car like that, "without having to become pope." As far as Popes go, Paul VI is a fairly uncontroversial figure. I always thought the faux-Idi Amin S-Class used for the Entebee raid was the world's coolest S-Class but that's just me. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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