Innocenti Model History

Italy · founded 1960

Milan's Lambretta scooter maker turned car builder — producing BMC-based coupes and roadsters before becoming Italy's answer to the Mini under De Tomaso and Bertone.

Models

A40 Berlina / Combinata

Innocenti's first car — a licensed Austin A40 Farina built in Milan in saloon and estate forms.

Compact car · 1960–1967
950 Spider / 1100 Spider

Innocenti's open two-seat sports car — a Ghia-styled body on an Austin-Healey Sprite chassis, later enlarged to 1098 cc.

Roadster · 1961–1968
IM3 / 1300

Innocenti's everyday family saloon — a licensed BMC ADO16 (Austin/Morris 1100 platform) built in Milan for over a decade.

Compact car · 1963–1974
Regent

A short-lived Innocenti saloon based on the Austin Allegro platform, sold briefly before the brand's focus shifted entirely to Mini-derived cars.

Compact car · 1974–1975
Mini (Innocenti)

The original licensed BMC Mini built in Milan — saloons and estates with 848 cc, 998 cc, and 1275 cc engines before Bertone restyled the car.

Subcompact car · 1965–1975
Mini 90 / Mini 120

Bertone's reimagining of the Mini for Innocenti — a sharp three-door hatchback that predated the Metro and pointed the way for the modern supermini.

Subcompact car · 1974–1982
Mini de Tomaso

The hot-hatch flagship of the De Tomaso era — a sporting Mini with arch extensions, fog lamps, and eventually a turbocharged Daihatsu engine.

Subcompact car · 1976–1987
3-Cilindri / Minitre / Mini 500 / Mini 650

The Daihatsu-powered successors to the Bertone Mini — three-cylinder city cars that kept Innocenti alive through the De Tomaso era until 1993.

Subcompact car · 1982–1993
Elba / Mille

Fiat-era Innocenti badge engineering — Brazilian-sourced Fiat Elba estate and Uno-derived Mille hatchback sold in Italy until the marque was retired.

Subcompact car · 1991–1996

Other makes