{{Short description|Italian automobile monthly magazine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox magazine | logo = Quattroruote-logo (Italy, 1956).svg | logo_size = <!-- default is 180px --> | image_file = File:Quattroruote cover febbraio2011.jpg | image_size = 250 px | image_caption = Italian Quattroruote. Cover release february 2011 | editor = | editor_title = | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | frequency = Monthly | circulation = | category = Automobile magazine | company = | publisher = Editoriale Domus | firstdate = January 1956 (n. 0) | country = Italy | based = [[Rozzano]] | language = [[Italian language|Italian]] | website = [https://www.quattroruote.it/ www.quattroruote.it] | issn = 0033-5916 }}

'''''Quattroruote''''' (English: ''Four Wheels'') is an Italian [[automobile]] [[magazine]] established by [[Marche|Marchigian]] entrepreneur [[Gianni Mazzocchi]] in February 1956. Over the years it has increased its reach by joint ventures with several other international publishers in countries such as Russia, China, Romania and England in 2007, where it launched a partnership with [[Top Gear (magazine)]]. Among its regular features are montly updated tables of [[pre-owned vehicle|used car]] prices.

==History and profile== ''Quattroruote'' was established by Gianni Mazzocchi in 1956.<ref name=bin>{{cite web|title=Quattroruote|url=https://www.burda.ru/Repository/be8fb499-71dd-4dd2-afa9-dc0e477cd1c6/0aa7f290-9d8e-4daf-b0d7-72e095e8c03d/fpbzmdr5.pdf|work=Burda International|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=edom>{{cite web|title=Quattroruote|url=https://www.edidomus.it/en/brand/quattroruote|work=Editoriale Domus|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref> The publisher of the magazine is Editoriale Domus.<ref name=bin/><ref name=edom/> Its head office is in [[Rozzano]] ([[Province of Milan|MI]]), where the historical museum of the magazine is located. The magazine is published monthly and it offers news on road and track tests, price lists for new cars as well as quotations for used vehicles.<ref name=edom/>

The magazine is also published in various countries, including [[China]] and [[Russia]] which was launched in 2006.<ref name=bin/>

==Circulation== ''Quattroruote'' had a circulation of 596,742 copies between September 1993 and August 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top paid-circulation consumer magazines|url=https://adage.com/article/news/top-paid-circulation-consumer-magazines-chart/82843/|work=Ad Age|access-date=12 April 2015|date=17 April 1995}}</ref> The circulation of the magazine was 464,000 copies in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=European Publishing Monitor. Italy|url=https://edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/daten/edz-du/gda/07/med-ind-italy_en.pdf|work=Turku School of Economics and KEA|access-date=7 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411085843/http://edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/daten/edz-du/gda/07/med-ind-italy_en.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between February 2006 and January 2007 the magazine sold 450,500 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Italian Publishers|url=http://www.borsaitaliana.it/bitApp/view.bit?lang=it&target=StudiDownloadFree&filename=pdf%2F59783.pdf|work=Citi Group|access-date=27 September 2015|date=24 May 2007}}</ref> It was the first best-selling automobile magazine in Italy in 2007<ref>{{cite web|author=Anne Austin|display-authors=etal|title=Western Europe Market and Media Fact|url=http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20&%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|work=ZenithOptimedia|access-date=10 April 2015|date=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131709/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> with a circulation of 425,539 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dati ADS (tirature e vendite)|url=http://www.fotografi.org/periodici_tirature.htm#SETTIMANALI|work=Fotografi|access-date=26 April 2015|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424142426/http://www.fotografi.org/periodici_tirature.htm#SETTIMANALI|archive-date=24 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The magazine had a circulation of 354,735 copies in 2010, making it the fourth best-selling European automobile magazine and the absolute best selling in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Magazine Trends 2010/2011|url=http://www.revistas-ari.com/attachments/209_WMT_2010_2011_Europe.pdf|work=FIPP|access-date=1 April 2015 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165145/http://www.revistas-ari.com/attachments/209_WMT_2010_2011_Europe.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref>

==The Automotive Safety Centre== The test-track belonging to the magazine is located in [[Vidigulfo|Vairano di Vidigulfo]] ([[Province of Pavia|PV]]). The Automotive Safety Centre, opened in 1995, is 4500&nbsp;m long, with an 1800&nbsp;m main straight, where [[acceleration]] tests are carried out. During these tests it is possible to reach 300&nbsp;km/h. The race track has been approved by [[FIA]] for [[Formula One]] tests.<ref>{{cite web|title=autoX and Italy's Quattroruote form an editorial partnership!|url=http://www.adgully.com/autox-and-italy-s-quattroruote-form-an-editorial-partnership-53661.html|work=Adgully|access-date=22 January 2015|date=13 March 2013|archive-date=22 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122224114/http://www.adgully.com/autox-and-italy-s-quattroruote-form-an-editorial-partnership-53661.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===The handling track=== The handling track, connected to the speed test area and used for handling test of vehicles, has bends and [[chicane]]s of different radii where [[oversteer]] and [[understeer]] of vehicles can be examined.

===SUV test area=== The [[SUV]] test area is next to the ASC straight section, where [[off-road vehicle]] driving and overturning characteristics are established.

==Safe driving== ''Quattroruote'' organizes safe driving courses on an area of about 17000 m² where students, followed by expert instructors, are taught driving techniques on wet or dry surfaces, handling and stopping.

==Events== ===''Quattroruote Day''===

Anniversary of the first issue of the principal magazine, the 2006 (fiftieth) and 2016 (sixtieth) ''Quattroruote Day''s are represented by much merchandise and advertising.

===''TG Cup''/''GT Cup''===

It is a yearly racing festival/race organized by Quattroruote. Up until 2015, it was organised in partnership with ''Top Gear'' and would feature [[The Stig]]. Rebranded as ''GT Cup'' from 2015 on.

===Rome ''Top Gear'' event===

Organised by Editoriale Domus and ''Quattroruote'', and set also in [[Poland]], is an international car exhibition in [[Rome]].

==Books== One of the most significant of ''Quattroruote''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s book series is the famous '''''Tutte le auto del mondo''''' ("All the cars of the world", sometimes stylized as ''Tutte le Auto del Mondo'') or "''TaM''", any issue of this series was for sale any year, with the death of its "director" in [[Lido di Jesolo]] (in the [[Province of Venice]]), this books was not more published.

In 2006, Quattroruote published the book ''Pericolo, attraversamento rane!'' (''Danger, frogs crossing!''), collecting various photographs related to vehicles and roads, with funny comments.

==See also== * [[List of magazines in Italy]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.quattroruote.it/ Official website]

[[Category:1956 establishments in Italy]] [[Category:Automobile magazines]] [[Category:Magazines published in Milan]] [[Category:Italian-language magazines]] [[Category:Monthly magazines published in Italy]] [[Category:Magazines established in 1956]]