[1] The group's anniversary falls, as for all units of the Italian Army's Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Royal Italian Army's first major use of automobiles to transport reinforcements to the Asiago plateau to counter the Austro-Hungarian Asiago Offensive in May 1916.

On 16 July 1935, the center formed the XI Auto Group, which deployed with the 1st Motorized Division "Trento" to Libya for the duration of the war.

Germany reacted by invading Italy and the 4th Drivers Regiment was disbanded soon thereafter by German forces.

The unit was tasked with the transport of fuel, ammunition, and materiel between the military region's depots and the logistic supply points of the army's divisions and brigades.

On 13 August of the same year, the 4th Drivers Center was disbanded and the 4th Auto Unit was assigned to the Northeastern Military Region.

Like all Italian Army transport units the group was named for a historic road near its base, in case of the 4th Army Corps Auto Group for the Roman road Via Claudia, which crossed the Alps and connected Italy with Rhaetia in southern Germany.