Pio's Ride.(The Talk of the Town)(Padre Pio's 1959 Mercedes Benz 190D)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 03-DEC-07

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Thousands of people made the pilgrimage to the northern Italian university town of Padua several weekends ago for the Auto e Moto d'Epoca, one of Europe's premier car shows. Everything from sparkplugs to Ferraris was on exhibit at the Fiera di Padova, a kind of industrial fairground a short walk from the train station. In one hall, Coys of Kensington, auctioneers of vintage motorcars, had assembled a fleet of pristine Jaguars, Porsches, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, Lancias, MGs, and Austin Healeys, a green Vespa with sidecar, a collectible Fiat 500 or two--the ever popular Cinquecento, which Italians call the Topolino, or Little Mouse--and an irresistible sideshow: a 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 D that had belonged to...

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