Ford Motor Co.'s CEO and his wife have donated to Pope Leo XIV a secretly built, customized 2026 Ford Explorer hybrid SUV built in the pope's native Chicago. Jim and Lia Farley gifted the vehicle in ...

Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley and his wife, Lia, recently presented Pope Leo XIV with a specially built 2026 Ford Explorer hybrid, a one-of-a-kind SUV designed and assembled by employees at the ...

WASHINGTON — Pope Leo XIV has a new ride and it has Chicago written all over it. Ford secretly built and delivered a custom-made Explorer to Pope Leo, decked out with Chicago-to-Vatican pride. Dozens ...

A new custom Ford Explorer SUV came to being in Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant some five miles from Pope Leo’s hometown of Dolton. The one-of-a-kind vehicle pays homage to the pontiff’s Chicago roots, ...

A quiet project inside the assembly lines of Ford Motor Company has blossomed into one of the most unusual automotive stories of 2026. The project was a confidential build for a mystery VIP that ...