Volvo Cars Nose Team

Patrik Libander, test engineer and responsible for the smell test panel brings out the test bottles from the cupboard that has heatened the bottles and its content to 40 degrees Celsius. He, together with Jill Frantz and six others are members of the team. Volvo Car Corporation established some years ago a ‘smell test panel’. Our 'nose team' is consisting of eight specially selected people with ‘standard’ noses, who guide the designers in their choice of materials and production methods, especially for the interior of the car. At each testing occasion are four persons from the team participating.