Innocenti
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The Italian machinery works named Innocenti was originally established by Ferdinando Innocenti in 1920.
After World War II, the company was famous for many years for Lambretta scooters. From 1961 to 1976 Innocenti built the BMC (later British Leyland) Mini with 998cc and 1275cc engines under licence, following with other models, including the Regent (Allegro), with engines up to 1485cc. The company of this era is commonly called Leyland Innocenti. The Innocenti Spyder (1961-1970) was a rebodied version of the Austin-Healey MKII Sprite (styling by Ghia.) The car was produced by OSI (near Milan).
In 1976, the company was reorganised by the De Tomaso Group under the name Nuova Innocenti. The first model had Bertone-designed five-seater bodywork and was available with 998cc and 1275cc engines. Later models from 1983 used 993 cc engines made by Daihatsu of Japan.
This company made cars until 1990. In the late 1980s, when Fiat took over, Innocenti sold Brazilian-imported versions of the Fiat Uno (mainly the Premio and Duna Weekend) for the Italian market.
List of Innocenti vehicles
- 1960-1967 A40/A40S Berlina/Combinata - hatchback Austin A40 Farina
- 1961-1968 950/1100 Spider - roadster Austin-Healey Sprite Mk.II
- 1963-1974 IM3/IM3S/Austin I4/I5 - sedan Morris 1100
- 1965-1975 Mini - Mini
- 1974-1975 Regent - sedan Austin Allegro
- 1974-1982 Mini 90/120/De Tomaso - De Tomaso-rebodied Mini
- 1983-1992 3C - De Tomaso-rebodied Daihatsu Charade
- 1991-1993 Koral - Yugo Koral rebadged for the Italian market
- 1991-1997 Elba - European version of the Brazilian Fiat Elba