Small car

2008-05-08 19:37:10 -

A German man has won compensation from a car maker after he claimed his feet were too big to use the accelerator on his new car.
A judge Wiesloch said the car makers should have catered for Michael Herzog's size 12 feet.
He went to court complaining the area around the accelerator of his new Volvo C70 coupe was too small to accommodate his feet.
The court ruled his feet were not abnormally large and the judge said the dealer should give the German five per cent off the price of his new car.
Herzog was awarded a £1,350 refund to pay for a specially made pair of shoes that allowed him to squeeze his foot into the space.