Ah, Hah!  That's the answer.

It's a vanagon made in Italy.

Simple.

Mike

On 10/22/02 1:34 PM, "Tim Fong" <FONGBALL@AOL.COM> wrote:

> ben, mike, & etal
>
> my right door closest to the right rear tire swings out like a regular
> passenger door and therefore clears the wider than stock vanagon rear tires
> without any problems. it does seem to be lower to the ground than most
> vanagons i've seen. it was also was painted in italy, might explain why the
> color does not appear to be stock german vanagon color. it does have a water
> cooled boxer engine.
>
> peace,
> tim
>