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Ford seeks patent to eliminate "new car" smell
kxan ^ | Nov. 21, 2018 | staff

Posted on 11/21/2018 6:00:46 AM PST by bgill

Some people like the "new car" smell, but apparently a lot of consumers in China hate it. According to the 2018 China Initial Quality Study by J.D. Power, upwards of 10 percent of Chinese drivers complained about the odor. Ford is seeking a patent for a technique that gets rid of the smell after a vehicle is purchased. According to Ford's scientists, the smell comes with the release of a chemical compound found in leather, plastic, vinyl and adhesives. Ford describes the method for eliminating the odor as "baking" the car until the smell goes away.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: ford; newcarsmell
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It's a lot cheaper to put a dead fish in the hub caps, a dead body in the trunk, a couple of dirty diapers in the backseat and a week's worth of half eaten fast food.
1 posted on 11/21/2018 6:00:46 AM PST by bgill
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Half-baked idea?


2 posted on 11/21/2018 6:03:36 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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Most want and expect the new car smell. This is dumb.


3 posted on 11/21/2018 6:04:10 AM PST by gibsonguy
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My first girlfriend had that new car smell ... mmmmmmm


4 posted on 11/21/2018 6:06:29 AM PST by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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I love that new car smell. Only had it with 3 cars.


5 posted on 11/21/2018 6:06:51 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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Two days after getting my new truck, my shepherd rolled in crap and lept into the truck. No more new car smell.


6 posted on 11/21/2018 6:08:22 AM PST by brooklin
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My first girlfriend had that new car smell ... mmmmmmm

I'm surprised no one has bottled and promoted new car smell as an off-beat fragrance.

7 posted on 11/21/2018 6:08:47 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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In other news...

“Charmin Toilet Tissue sells patent to eliminate the smell of defecation.”


8 posted on 11/21/2018 6:10:41 AM PST by moovova
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With all the pollution over there you would think they would welcome ANYTHING that doesn’t reek of sulfur.


9 posted on 11/21/2018 6:11:19 AM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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Because of 10% complained? Idiots...


10 posted on 11/21/2018 6:13:04 AM PST by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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I’ve only had this opportunity once in my life (60 years old)....so I barely have enjoyed it.


11 posted on 11/21/2018 6:14:30 AM PST by pepsionice
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Freshly used soccer shin guards...


12 posted on 11/21/2018 6:16:09 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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Most want and expect the new car smell. This is dumb.

The reasoning for this is because the Chinese HATE this smell, and their a big market. Second, the snowflakes, at least those who can afford a new car, don't think this is natural and close enough to mother gia.

13 posted on 11/21/2018 6:17:44 AM PST by Obadiah
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their = they’re


14 posted on 11/21/2018 6:18:33 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: bgill

Somebody in marketing needs to be fired.


15 posted on 11/21/2018 6:18:36 AM PST by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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Always remember the reference to new car smell in Stephen King’s “Christine”, lol.


16 posted on 11/21/2018 6:20:14 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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Take the international dart throwing team to a meet... The car will still have a smell but not of the new-car variety.


17 posted on 11/21/2018 6:22:07 AM PST by ArtDodger
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> I'm surprised no one has bottled and promoted new car smell as an off-beat fragrance.

Seems to me I read about a perfume outfit test-marketing that scent a couple years ago. The idea was that a woman who smelled like a new car would attract a certain kind of car-loving guy, and he wouldn't know exactly why but he desired her like crazy.

Might have been satire, though.

18 posted on 11/21/2018 6:31:06 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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Make the new cars in China smell like urinals and cigarette butts and 99.9% of them will approve.


19 posted on 11/21/2018 6:32:15 AM PST by Gasshog ( Fight climate change - Try beating the air and scream at the sky)
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Oh but the memory. I read somewhere there is a product for sale for the new car smell.
Then we can pretend.


20 posted on 11/21/2018 6:32:59 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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