Innocenti models

Innocenti was an Italian company founded in 1933 by Ferdinando Innocenti in Lambrate, on the eastern edge of Milan. After the Second World War it became famous for its Lambretta scooters, such as the LI125, TV175 and SX200, before moving into cars built under licence from the British Motor Corporation.

The first Innocenti car was the A40 of 1960–1967, based on the Austin A40 Farina, and from 1961 the company built BMC's Mini under licence. British Leyland owned Innocenti from 1972 to 1976, then sold it to De Tomaso, which kept it until 1990. The best-known model of that era is the Bertone-styled Innocenti Mini 90 and 120, built from 1974 to 1982, with its sporty Mini De Tomaso version of 1976–1987. Fiat took over in 1990; closure was announced in February 1996, and sales of Innocenti cars stopped at the end of June 1997. See also De Tomaso, Mini and Fiat.