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May 21, 2012 - 12:01 am ET

Score one for Fiat in the sometimes whimsical, sometimes not, rivalry between the Italian automaker and Volkswagen. The two companies seem to taunt and tease each other like kids on a playground, especially in Europe.

Check out Volkswagen's Swedish headquarters in suburban Stockholm on Google Earth and you'll see a Fiat 500 parked at the front door of the building.

Was it a prank? Did VW get photo-bombed?

A VW spokesman in Sweden said that he didn't believe the rival car's presence was malicious, and that it could have just been a case of someone dropping off a passenger as Google did its photo-mapping drive-by. Either way, VW Sweden will have to live with the image of a Fiat 500 on its doorstep until the next Google Earth car rolls by.

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