Innocenti A40 Berlina / Combinata History

When Ferdinando Innocenti struck a licensing agreement with BMC in the late 1950s, the A40 Berlina and Combinata (estate) became the first Innocenti automobiles, rolling off the Lambrate line from 1960. The cars were mechanically identical to the British Austin A40 Farina but assembled in Milan using a mix of local and imported components.

The A40 gave Innocenti a credible entry point into the Italian mass market and laid the industrial groundwork for more ambitious BMC-derived models to follow. Production ran until 1967, by which time the IM3 saloon had taken over as the brand's everyday family car.