High doses of new car smell could kill you

Mike Gallagher

Feb 16, 2012 - 08:20

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High doses of new car smell could kill you

Jalopnik asks the question \"is your car trying to kill you?\" and the answer seems to be, well, maybe just a little. Citing a new study by HealthyStuff.org, which tested the interiors of more than 200 of the best-selling 2011 and 2012 cars, the article points out that new-car smell signals the presence of toxins, such as arsenic, bromine, antimony and chlorine -- not that the presence of bromine in the amount of, say, 114,514 parts per million (the total amount of discovered in the worst-performing vehicle, the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport), could actually kill you. Japanese brands Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Acura topped the list with the highest-scoring models, while Kia and Chrysler sat with Mitsubishi at the bottom.