Fiat’s microcar push has been approved at the highest level – but is the Topolino the perfect Vatican runaround? Should Pope Leo ever find himself bored, the roads that wind through the Vatican City Gardens would make for a fantastic rally stage. It would be quite a short stage, admittedly, given that the sacerdotal-monarchical city state measures just 0.19 square miles, making it around the same size as London’s Regent’s Park and comfortably the world’s smallest country. Still, in that confined space the access roads that run behind St Peter’s Basilica, rising to the Palace of the Governorate and through the beautifully kept gardens, pack in steep climbs and sharp…
Tiny car, tiny country: Fiat Topolino vs the Vatican City
