Many would kill to have that new car smell. It is often said that the smell is ubiquitous. It is a mixture of chemicals from foams, adhesives and fabrics in your vehicle. It will also interest you to know that people go out to purchase some designated air fresheners to give them that smell of a brand new car. What we are about to tell you might dampen your mood and crush your excitement towards a brand new car smell .

First, before we go right into it, it is important you know that such smell is a product of the general term “Off-grassing”. These chemicals associated with the inside of the car with time find their way slowly into the air though this process. This is why you perceive this smell in brand new cars.

A recent study conducted by David C.Volz and Aalekhya Reddam from the University of California Riverside, is targeted at the stage at which exposure of people to carcinogens will exceed the safety zone. Their research is based on the time people spend inside their vehicles on trips and also what they got in their previous study on detectable chemicals in vehicles.

Read full story here: https://roadniche.com/can-a-new-car-smell-harm-you-new-study-thinks-so/

Thank God the study only 'thinks' so,it has not been confirmed.

Going to Coscharis to buy a new car so that I can understand what you are talking about.

By the way, U like the smell. Is it your smell

Bros... Na only tokunbo I dey buy all my life but u see this year I must buy tear rubber Peugeot. I go sleep inside for three nights to celebrate am.... This ur study na im dey kee people no be new car dey kee people.