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Innocenti - Il Genio Italiano - Siderurgia, Scooter, Automobili e Non Solo
This book presents the complete story of Innocenti, beyond the well-known Lambretta scooters and Mini cars produced under the Italian brand. Innocenti's history is a rich and diverse industrial tale, covering steel production, vehicle design, and the manufacturing of motorcycles and cars. Each area demonstrates remarkable examples of Italian entrepreneurship.
The book compiles materials never published before, largely from the archive of Vittorio Tessera, and offers a detailed narrative based on extensive research by Marco Visani. It provides a comprehensive account of a company that shaped Italian industry over decades, capturing a world now largely vanished.
This volume is both a valuable historical record and a fascinating overview of one of Italy's most influential industrial stories.
Product details
Author:
Marco Visani
Details:
320 pages, 27 x 24.5 cm / 10.6 x 9.7 in, hardback
Illustrations:
numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:
Giorgio Nada Editore (I, 2022)
ISBN:
9788879117265
Innocenti - Il Genio Italiano - Siderurgia, Scooter, Automobili e Non Solo
Although Innocenti is best known worldwide for the Lambretta scooters and its work in heavy industry, it also played an important role in the automotive sector. From the 1960s, Innocenti produced not only British cars such as the Mini, but also unique versions of BMC models for the Italian market. These included the Innocenti Spider and Innocenti Morris IM3, which featured notable innovations in design and performance compared to the original UK models.
In a country where the automotive industry was dominated by Fiat and Alfa Romeo under Finmeccanica, establishing a new car factory was seen by some industry experts as a bold move and by others as a highly risky or even reckless venture.
This book documents Innocenti's contributions to the automotive field, highlighting both its technical achievements and the entrepreneurial courage required to enter a market dominated by established giants. It offers a detailed overview of models, designs, and the context of the Italian automotive industry in the 1960s.
Alessandro Sannia, Pierfrancesco Mainetti | Italian | hardback | 136 p. | 2003
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