{"id":72579,"date":"2019-08-28T11:34:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T09:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/innocenti-1965-mini-minor\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:30:49","slug":"innocenti-1965-mini-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/innocenti-1965-mini-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Innocenti, 1966, Mini Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Innocenti \u201cMini Minor\u201d, 1966<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In\u00a01957<\/strong>\u00a0BMC<\/strong>\u00a0(British Motor Company) asked engineer\u00a0Alec Issigonis<\/strong>\u00a0to build an economy car. <\/strong>Issigonis designed a 3-meter-long 1-meter-wide car that could carry 4 people. The engine is mounted transversally at the front and, to gain more room inside the cabin, front wheel drive was applied. The\u00a0Mini Minor<\/strong>\u00a0was launched in the UK on August 26th,\u00a01959<\/strong>.
\nThe success of the Mini came to Italy, but the import fees raised the price to prohibitive money for Italian buyers.
\nInnocenti<\/strong>, who was already doing business with BMC by produdcing the Austin model in Italy, got the license to produce the Mini Minor in Italy. Production started in 1965<\/strong>\u00a0in the Lambrate factory. The Mini by Innocenti has a huge success.
\nThe italian model has some differences compared to the english one: the interior<\/strong> is more refined,\u00a0<\/strong>the front grille is different and the rear trunk was modified to house the square Italian plates<\/strong> of the period. The italian production of the Mini Minor 850<\/strong>, followed by the Cooper 1000<\/strong> in March 1966 and in October by the\u00a0Mini T<\/strong>\u00a0(Traveller), station wagon with wooden side panels.<\/p>\n

Exhibition\u00a060 years of Mini Minor!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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