D2---Ford20160223A car’s exterior design may be what first catches car buyers’ eyes, but it’s the look, feel and even smell of the interior that really matter in the thousands of kilometers of driving that they will do.

This is what Ford’s Asia Pacific YouTube account talks about in detail in a series of videos on testing interior materials. One is on interior smells, where Ford Asia Pacific Materials Engineer Manager Ashley Walsh said the company tries to make its cars smell pleasant to as many people as possible. As such, he said the over 100 materials that go into making an interior are odor-tested by placing these into jars and heated in an oven to simulate a car parked outside under the baking heat. These are then sniffed by “Approved Odor Assessors” in order to get the insights from a multitude of noses.

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