New Car Smell
 

My new Z didn't have that "new car smell" I usually notice in my new cars. I'm thinking that it might have sat on the showroom floor with windows open, etc., for a while before I bought it. It was not a demo and the production date was the normal couple of months prior to my date of purchase. I guess I'm asking if most of the other new Z's came with that expensive smell. I'm told it is the smell of oxidizing plastics and other chemical reactions and I'm just as well off not inhaling it for the couple months it usually stays with the car. But I was just wondering.

Not sure why yours doesn't have it, but mine did and it was very strong.

and a quick FYI, that is a toxic smell thats bad for your system to breath too much of. It is however, not toxic enough to make it considered a big concern (kind of like smog). so its not a big loss not to have it.

i had the new car smell for almost six months lol, granted i only put about 2100 miles on it

2600 and still have it, I heard some dealerships have a spray that gives off that smell and put it in pre owned cars to make the owner feel good

That scent has made many of us bite into the fishing hook! To sit into a brand new car is dangerous to your pocket!

My Roadster sat in my garage for the first few days after I bought her while Texas did its impression of The Day After Tomorrow earlier this month. With the top down, it made my whole garage smell like that. It was the out gassing of plastics coupled with a new tire finish -- A delicate and delicious bouquet.

Now, with several top-down days under her belt and 1100 miles on her ODO, she smells like Lexol and Meguires, which is also nice.

My car had it. Lasted for at least 6-7 months.

Since May, and 4900 on the clock, and still smells New..

My Z is camping out in the garage all winter. Almost 10,000 miles and 1 year later, I go out and sit in it at least once a week. The new car smell is still there, although a little less faint...LOVE IT!

I can smell mine when I walk into the garage.

I can only guess that the absence of "new car smell" in mine is due to it having been on the showroom floor, with the windows open, for a month or so before sale. Since it had no significant miles on it (70miles) and was built only about 3 months before purchase, does anyone have any other theories to explain the absence of that delicious, intoxicating fragrance? I think I should have gotten a couple of hundred bucks more off the price!

ABC News, 2005:

Some people can't get enough of that new car smell, but studies show the odor can be bad for your health.

"New car smell" is caused by volatile organic compounds that can cause headaches, sore throat, nausea and possibly cancer, according to studies.

The smell comes from the plastic, glue and carpeting in cars. When those materials are new, they're unstable and give off gases, including benzene and formaldehyde, two known carcinogens.

The United States doesn't have any standards to protect against volatile organic compounds, but other countries do. Research shows new car interiors can contain 128 times the legal limit in countries like Australia.

The harmful gases are even worse on hot days. The Environment Working Group says opening the car window or vents will help clear poisonous gases. But the group cautions to roll windows up in heavy traffic where smog could be an even bigger health threat. Pregnant women should use added caution, and drivers should not exacerbate the problem by using stain guards or cleaning solutions in a new car.

The health risks subside in about six months, when the smell fades.

Several companies are testing healthier vehicles in Japan first before exporting them to the United States. Once the new cars are on American soil, it may push American and European automakers to take action as well.

But I Like The Smell!!! :crying:

Still Got that Smellin Feelin...
 

Purchased her new w/~25 Miles on 6 Jan, definitely still have "the smell" - of course she's spent most of the time buttoned up in the carport or back at the dealer having the "after market stuff" installed -- is it Spring yet?

I had a new car smell, but it wasn't nearly as strong as other cars I've purchased in the past. I have a believe that when all the stories were coming out from 2001-2005 about how harmful the chemicals were, the auto makers started doing what they could to reduce these chemicals, thus lowering the concentration of the smell. I have absolutely nothing to base that belief on and you shouldn't believe a word of it.

I still have the new car smell...just not as strong. It has 10,500 miles and I smoke in it..and my dogs drool all over the seats haha
The New Car Smell fragrance tree does smell good, but it's just not the same...just like you should never EVER buy the Leather tree...... smells ridiculously gross!

After the "New Car Smell" goes away I put my 2 Blossom pills from Advanced Auto those last for months and months.

A Hot summer sun with the windows up will cause "new car" smell to rear it's head, even when you don't smell it much anymore. So maybe you will get the new car smell when spring & summer weather makes it back tp PA. Even down here in NC when it's real cold out I don't smell "new car" much. Having bought a few Datsun/Nissan cars over the years, I can tell you this, they never had the new car smell of cars built in Detroit. The new car smell of my 1977 280Z (I swear I can still remeber it) was a mix of new car and sea water smell. My new NISMO dosn't have that strong of an odor but its still a Datsun/Nissan smell.

ive had mine for almost 8 months. i havent been able to smell it too well for the last 2 months but friends tell me they can still smell it pretty good. i guess i'll take their word for it.

It's funny because when I sat in my new Z one of the first things I said was, "It even smells like my old 300ZX.." I thought I was nutz :)

my favorite!:rolleyes:
i switch it off with the cocount tree too sometimes.

yeah the smell is bad for you, i drove my car with the windows down and left the windows down in the garage. most of the smell was gone in 2 weeks.

My dad's audi... man the smell is over powering, on the way home from the dealer we had to pull over and take a breather before getting back in. The tinting was fresh so we couldn't use the windows...

So anyone know what a good air freshener would be to bring this smell back? My car smells like new but I would like to maintain it some how.

Over a year and almost 11k miles, still have the new car smell.

I bought my 11 Z in April of 2011 and the interior still smells like a new car. But that is because it currently has 1054 miles on the odometer. :tup:

My car will be 3 weeks old this coming Friday & it still has it. We will see how long it last.

I'm at 27k miles and it still smells new.

Lost it at about 4.5k. I think it was due to me keeping the windows open.

2 years and 8,000 miles later and it still smells like it did when I first drove it away from dealer with 20 miles on the odo. People always comment on it when they get in, I credit vacuuming and cleaning the interior after every drive.

Wow

+1........ Wow.... Really

yah, even for me i dont vac after each drive. hell, i only dust the interior maybe a couple times a month. hahaha.

My 09 z has 24k miles on it and It still smells new. All my friends can't believe it. I'm the second owner too. Purchased last may with 3k miles

09, 3rd owner, with 20k and still smells new.maybe they cover that under warranty

:roflpuke2:

That new car smell tree smells like ****. DO NOT buy that.

bought mine used with 10k on it.. still smells new to me!

The coconut air freshener is the best. It compliments leather (if you have it) well.

Mine had that smell util the detailer that I use, ("Burbank Auto Detail", does a GREAT JOB!) "ScotchGuarded" my interior, I immediately noticed that it was gone because I don"t particularly like that smell... I guess I'm too spoiled by the Japanese Car fragrance that I was pleasanty surprised that Nissan sells. Its the Blue one that comes with the scented fragrance dispenser inside. Its called a "CS-X3", love the Blue one, been using those for a LONGGGGGG time! They smell nice and "fresh", not overwhelming like scents.

ooh heeelll no.
that new smell is a MUST !!!!
i helped the workers at koppel nissan to take the plastic off my car.
every time i wash the car, i still find pieces of plastic stuck on the passenger door.
I'm about to have my car for two months and i still have the smell. ppl always comment about it too. i love that smell