Communication Model of Car Community in Jakarta Based on Social Capital in Accelerating the Handling of Covid-19 Endah Pratiwi 1 , Henni Gusfa 2 {dessy_ep@yahoo.com 1 , henni.gusfa@mercubuana.ac.id 2 } Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta, Indonesia 12 Abstract. This study is to analyze the communication of the car community in the acceleration of COVID-19 handling. All community activities based on social capital (trust, norms and networks) in the COVID-19 pandemic situation are directed at community activities in accelerating the pandemic handling. This community carries out various activities such as social services and which supports the government's recommendations on social distancing and the rules that the government has launched to suppress the current COVID-19 transmission. This study is to identify and describe the communication of the car community in group decision making through a qualitative approach and the paradigm used in this research post-positivism. This research applies four functions in functional perspective theory in Hirowaka & Gouran decision making. The object of this research is the car community. The results of this study are two types of group communication were obtained in this study: promotive- interactive and interactive-interactive based on social capital of trust and networks which belongs to the community which were initiated by the general chair and management as well as members, the two types above were found in the communication of car community in the decision-making process. In making problem analysis decisions, identification of alternatives, goal setting, evaluation, care for people, mutual cooperation is needed to accelerate the handling of COVID-19 as a high-quality decision. Keywords: Communication Group, Car Community, Social Capital, Covid-19 1 Introduction Talking about the car community reminds us of people who like to drive recklessly, speeding on the highway, and glamorous relationships. However, those things do not always represent lifestyles of the communities. Community is a group in which each member has a unique and different character who is united by a common vision and mission and goals. "Within the scope of communication, the car community was included in the context of group communication when individuals together, through a hierarchy of rank and division of labor try to achieve certain goals" (Tubbs S. L. and Sylvia Mos, 2018). The objectives to be achieved are the reasons for the formation of the community. This can be seen in the surrounding communities that are formed based on the similarities they have, starting from the similarity of hobbies in automotive, traveling, and others. MICOSS 2020, September 28-29, Jakarta, Indonesia Copyright © 2021 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.28-9-2020.2307730