The special training course to boost sight, hearing, touch and smell has been adopted at its Barcelona headquarters, where its cars are built, to support the specialists responsible for the final inspection of vehicles before they leave the factory.

Human beings can detect more than 10,000 different smells, hear sounds with frequencies of between 20 and 20,000Hz and distinguish millions of colours. Although the senses are largely an innate capacity in people, they can be trained to learn how to optimise them. Despite the rise of automation and robotics across the industry, the human touch is deemed essential to maximising quality.

Employees who visit the The Sensory Training Centre undertake practical exercises and training to refine their perception ability.In order to accurately verify the quality of the cars, the team performs an inspection routine around each vehicle that lasts eight minutes. They inspect the inside and outside, and make sure that the doors and boot close correctly so they can give the car the 'Q' for quality before it leaves the production line.