Most of what we identify as "new car smell" is the smell of plasticizers and other volatile compounds that come out of the plastics and other parts of the car. While they aren't highly toxic, at certain doses they are carcinogenic, so adding them to your car probably wouldn't be a great idea.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.