Impela sekudlule amashumi amabili eminyaka kusukela u-Innocenti evale iminyango yayo, kodwa uhlobo lwase-Italy alukhohliwe. Sibonga iqembu losomabhizinisi - i-Industrie Riunite SpA, i-Euro Mobile International BV, i-Finambiente Group SpA kanye nomndeni wakwaPerrotta - uphawu manje oluzinze e-Palermo ngeke lukwazi ukubuyela emakethe yase-Italy kuphela kodwa nasezingeni lamazwe ngamazwe. Umqondo uzoba ukwengeza "ikhwalithi yomklamo wase-Italy kubuchwepheshe obusha futhi udale imodeli yokuncintisana".
Eyasungulwa ekuqaleni nguFerdinando Innocenti eMilan ngo-1920, u-Innocenti waziwa ngokuthuthukiswa kwama-scooters e-Lambretta ngemva nje kweMpi Yezwe II. Kamuva, uhlobo lwe-Italian lwasuka kumasondo amabili kuya kwamane, lugqamisa ukukhiqizwa kwendawo kweMini.
Ngemva kokutholwa yiBritish Leyland Motor Corporation, u-Innocenti waqala ukumaketha iMini ebuyekeziwe, enomzimba ohlukile - ukwakhiwa kweBertone - ebizwa ngokuthi iMini 90L ne-120L.
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Ama-Lambretta okuqala afika e-Portugal ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-50s, ngomthengisi ongenisa impahla ngaphandle kwe-Moto Lambretta Portuguesa.
Ngo-1976, lo mkhiqizo wathengwa ngusomabhizinisi wase-Argentina u-Alejandro de Tomaso, futhi wathatha igama elithi Nuova Innocenti - kusukela lapha, amamodeli afana ne-Mini De Tomaso (okuqokonyiswe) azalwa, inguqulo ye-sportier. Kwakukhona izinguquko eziningana zale nguqulo, eyafinyelela umvuthwandaba nge-Turbo De Tomaso, kakade ne-1.0 litre injini yamasilinda amathathu evela ku-Daihatsu.
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1980, u-Innocenti wagcina ethengwe kwaFiat, eyayivele yehle kakhulu ekuthengisweni kwayo. Ekuqaleni kuka-1993, uhlobo lwaphela ukukhiqizwa kwamamodeli amasha, lwacisha ngemva kweminyaka emine. Sizoba yini isahluko esilandelayo sika-Innocenti?