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Your Guide to Everything Automotive

Research car makers and their models, explore racing circuits around the world and connect with people who share your passion for anything on wheels.

  • 47brand guides
  • 165racing circuits
  • 6world regions

Research Car Brands

Our brand guides cover each car maker’s current lineup, history, ownership, milestones and racing record. New in-depth guides are added regularly, so check back to see which brand is next.

Gray Suzuki e Vitara electric SUV on display

India

Maruti Suzuki

  • Founded 1981
  • Full brand guide

Maruti Suzuki is India's largest carmaker, and it has put millions of Indian families on the road since the Maruti 800 of 1983.

Read the Maruti guide
Dark green VinFast VF 6 electric SUV

Vietnam

VinFast cars

  • Founded 2017
  • Full brand guide

VinFast cars come from Vietnam's first major carmaker, founded in 2017, which now builds only electric vehicles.

Read the VinFast guide
White Mahindra Thar Roxx five-door SUV on a dirt track

India

Mahindra SUVs

  • Founded 1945
  • Full brand guide

Mahindra SUVs have grown from licence-built Jeeps into some of India's best-selling vehicles, and Mahindra is now the country's leading SUV maker by revenue.

Read the Mahindra guide
Range Rover HSE in Sunset Gold

United Kingdom

Land Rover

  • Founded 1948
  • Full brand guide

Land Rover has built go-anywhere vehicles in Britain since 1948, and its family now includes Range Rover, Defender and Discovery.

Read the Land Rover guide
Pink Jaguar Type 00 concept car on display

United Kingdom

Jaguar cars

  • Founded 1922
  • Full brand guide

Jaguar cars have been built in England since the 1930s, and the brand has won Le Mans seven times.

Read the Jaguar guide
White Tata Harrier.ev electric SUV at the 2025 Bangalore International Auto Show

India

Tata Motors

  • Founded 1945
  • Full brand guide

Tata Motors is India's leading maker of electric cars and the owner of Jaguar Land Rover.

Read the Tata guide

All Car Brands A–Z

Racing Circuits of the World

From Formula 1 venues and endurance classics to ovals, street circuits and rally stages, our regional directories introduce the circuits behind the world’s motorsport. Each one lists the series that race there and what makes the track distinctive.

North America

United States, Canada and Mexico

  • 40 circuits

Formula 1 in Austin, Montreal, Mexico City, Miami and Las Vegas, the Indianapolis 500, NASCAR superspeedways, IMSA endurance classics and historic road courses.

Explore North America

Europe

13 countries from the UK to Portugal

  • 40 circuits

The birthplace of Grand Prix racing: Silverstone, Spa, Monza, Monaco, the Nürburgring and Le Mans, plus most of the MotoGP and WorldSBK calendars.

Explore Europe

Asia

From Japan to the Middle East

  • 28 circuits

Suzuka, Fuji and Motegi, Shanghai and the Macau street circuit, Southeast Asia's MotoGP venues, Singapore's night race and the Formula 1 circuits of the Gulf, Baku and Türkiye.

Explore Asia

South America

Six countries, circuits and rallies

  • 25 venues

Interlagos and the São Paulo Grand Prix, MotoGP at Goiânia, Argentina's autódromos and Turismo Carretera, plus WRC rallies in Paraguay and Chile and Brazil's Rally dos Sertões.

Explore South America

Africa

Circuits, rallies and rally raids

  • 8 venues

Kyalami and South Africa's Grand Prix circuits, Kenya's Safari Rally, the desert rally raids of Morocco and the Roof of Africa hard enduro in Lesotho.

Explore Africa

Oceania

Australia and New Zealand

  • 24 circuits

Albert Park, Mount Panorama at Bathurst, Phillip Island and the Supercars street circuits, the Grand Prix tracks of New Zealand and the Finke Desert Race.

Explore Oceania

From the Blog

Buyer’s guides, car tech explained in plain English and practical how-tos. Here are the latest.

Mechanic leaning over an open car hood to inspect the engine

Buyer's Guide

Used Car Inspection Checklist: What to Check Before You Buy (Gas, Diesel, Hybrid and EV)

  • Oct 6, 2026
  • 13 min read

Everything to check before you buy a used car: history, recalls and liens, the walkaround, a cold start and OBD scan, the test drive, plus extra checks for gas, diesel, hybrid and electric cars, and when to walk away.

Read more
Cutaway Toyota Prius showing the hybrid engine, electric motors and power electronics

How It Works

How Hybrids and Plug-in Hybrids Work: Types, Batteries, Charging and Maintenance

  • Oct 2, 2026
  • 13 min read

How mild, full and plug-in hybrids actually work: the four types, how Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Nissan build them, what plugging in really changes, how hybrids differ around the world, and a maintenance chart by kilometre. Part 4 of our Engines Explained series.

Read more
Electric car skateboard platform with the battery pack, motors and suspension on display

How It Works

How an Electric Car Works: Motors, Batteries, Charging and What Needs Servicing

  • Sep 28, 2026
  • 11 min read

What actually happens when you press the pedal in an EV: the battery, inverter, motor and one-speed gearbox, how charging and regenerative braking work, the plugs used around the world, and a maintenance chart by kilometre. Part 3 of our Engines Explained series.

Read more

Racing and Automotive News

Catch up on the major racing series and on new models from car makers around the world.

Toyota TR010 Hybrid number 8 at Raidillon during the 2026 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Motorsport

Racing News

Introductions to major racing series, from the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Dakar Rally to the British Touring Car Championship.

Read racing news

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  2. Gray Suzuki e Vitara electric SUV on display: IXTA9839, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.
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  5. Range Rover HSE in Sunset Gold: Ethan Llamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.
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