Novi is a home rule city in Oakland County, Michigan, in the Detroit metropolitan area, approximately 25 miles northwest from the center of Detroit. The population was 47,386 at the 2000 census. The city is located within the boundaries of the geographic Township of Novi.

Novi is one of the fastest growing cities in Michigan and is now known as an affluent community. The construction of Twelve Oaks Mall in the mid-1970s at the interchange of Novi Road and I-96 is often credited with ushering in the growth that the city has experienced. But even before Twelve Oaks, the city experienced consistent growth since the 1950s, leading to substantial increases in the city's population, as well as commercial and industrial developments in the city.

Novi is also home to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, which opened in 1989. Inductees receive the "Horsepower Award" on the Wednesday before the June NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway.