Quatro Rodas

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Quatro Rodas
Categories Automobile
FrequencyMonthly
Publisher Editora Abril
Year founded1960
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Website quatrorodas.abril.com.br (BRA)

Quatro Rodas (English: Four Wheels) is an automotive monthly magazine from Brazil, published by Editora Abril. [1]

History

Quatro Rodas was founded by Editora Abril's general director Victor Civita in August 1960. [2] The magazine test drove their first car, which was a DKW Belcar, in August 1961.

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References

  1. Camilla Amaral (12 October 2009). "The Abril Group and Veja, leaders in the Brazilian publishing market". In a Global. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. "History". Grupo Abril. Retrieved 18 February 2017.