About Piratininga

Piratininga is an independent publication about cars, written in English for drivers in any country. It is published by Piratininga.

What Piratininga covers

The subject is the car seen from the driver’s seat: habits at the wheel, routine care, tyres and fluids, cleaning, the care each season calls for and how the main parts work. The articles answer questions that many people ask, as a practical guide you can read in one go and come back to later.

The idea that runs through the publication is in its motto: reading the car signal by signal. An article starts from what you see or feel while driving, explains what it usually means and ends with what to do now and what can wait, without fuss.

Who it is for

For people who drive every day and want to understand their own car better, without being mechanics. The articles hold for readers in any country: instead of the rules of a single place, they show what usually varies and where to check the information for your car, such as the owner’s manual or the label on the door pillar.

How the team works

The articles are signed by the Piratininga Editorial Panel, the team that writes the publication. Each guide begins with research in sources that hold in several markets, such as international organisations, published research and makers’ general information. Numbers carry their source and year, and the sources appear in the article itself.

How the articles are researched, written, reviewed and corrected is set out in the editorial policy. The advertising that appears on the site and how it relates to the content are explained in the advertising disclosure.

Write to the editors

Corrections, questions about an article and advertising matters can be sent to contato@piratininga.org. More details are on the contact page.