A German judge has ordered a Volvo dealer to compensate a man with big feet because there was not enough space around his new car’s accelerator pedal, a court spokesman said Monday. The man, a traveling salesman, sought and won a 5-per-cent reduction in the price of his Volvo C70 coupe by arguing that his leather shoes, European size 47 for a foot 29.4 centimetres long, did not fit beneath the dashboard.

Hey Sasquatch, on behalf of the car-buying public, thanks for giving the auto manufacturers another cause to raise the price of a new car.