'Undersized' car boom in Germany? We can only hope #autos #language

Apparently there's a bonus on offer in Germany to junk your old car and update to a new one - and it's favouring small cars over larger ones. (We can only hope this is a continuing downsizing trend, not a flash in the pan. German cars may be well engineered but tend to the porky rather than trim side).

Interesting use of the language here: A sharp fall in demand from overseas is compounding premium carmakers' problem as makers of undersized vehicles rejoice.. Apparently small cars are 'undersized', rather than right-sized or appropriate. Does that mean that large cars are by definition over-sized?