Welcome to SMCars. There is a Tutorial Section on this site which has lots of great information. Also Google Search Engine should be your best friend. Here's a couple of links to help get ya started.
I'd recomend working on some of the tutorials that come with Max first to get yourself well intorduced to the tools.
3DTotal Tutorials
http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorial...e_part1_01.asp