IInnocenti Bibliography


This list of Innocenti bibliography is growing continuously and I hope it will eventually become as complete as possible. To give contributions to this bibliography please email me .
Many thanks goes to Giovanni Marchisio for his contribution.

Bibliography on Innocenti Minis:

Books:

Storia della Mini Innocenti:
by Franco Bonadonna

It includes some history on the Innocenti and it's models including pre-Mini models, lots of racing history with pics of Racing Innocenti Minis and Italian driven Minis in general.  A nice book to have for any Inno enthusiast. This is the only Italian book ever written about Innocenti Minis. English translations will be available soon. It costs 39,000 Lire or 12UKP. Write to Franco Bonadonna, Via Trossarelli 11, 16165, Genova, Italy

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Original Mini Cooper and Cooper S
by John Parnell
ISBN: 0760312281
Paperback, 120ppApril 2002
Publisher:
Motorbooks

From the publisher:
The essential companion to Cooper and Cooper S models from the 997cc MkI to the late 1275cc MkIII, including the Italian Innocentis, the Spanish-built Authis, Australian versions, and the Rover Coopers. Exhaustive research has yielded a wealth of heretofore unpublished information. Originally published in hardcover (1-870979-13-3).
 

Mini Minor Mk3
A 143 page monograph by AUTOPOCKET on the Mini Minor Mk3. The car is completely covered in all its details and test driven as well. First published in September 1970 by Ediprint. Written by Marco Matteucci.Text in Italian.






 

Magazine, articles, dossiers, monographs, etc

Click on the
to view the front cover of that issue.

Quattroruote: one of the leading car magazines in Italy.
Website: http://www.quattroruote.it

 Article on  Title / Type

 Date

 Page/issue no.  
 Mini Cooper Mk2
 and Mini t
 "Prova su strada"
 Test drive (16 pages)
 1969/08  78 / 164
 Mini Matic  "Prova su strada"
 Test drive (6 pages)
 1971/05  138 / 185
 Mini 1001
 
"Autonotizie:
 Le Innocenti Mini 1001
"
Autonews: The Innocenti Mini 1001
(2 pages)
 1972/05  96 / 197
 Mini 1000
 Mini Cooper 1300
 "Prova su strada"
Test drive
of the Mini 1000 and Cooper 1300 (28 pages)
104 / 197
 Mini 90 & 120  Impressioni di guida
 
Driving Impressions
1974/11 140
 Innocenti Minis "Autonotizie:
 La Mini all'italiana
"
"Autonews: Mini the Italian way" (4 pages)
1975/01 46
 Mini 90  "Prova su strada"
 Test drive of the Mini 90
 
(20 pages)
1975/04 82 / 232
 Note: These issues can still be found usually at autojumbles in Italy

Ruoteclassiche: leading classic car magazine in Italy (articles in Italian)
Website: http://www.ruoteclassiche.it

 Article on  Title / Type  Year/Month  On page
 Mini De Tomaso  Profilo  1991/04  80
 Cooper 1300  Profilo  1992/12  80
 Min De Tomaso  Dossier  1994/01  72
 Mini Cooper 'Poca spesa tanta resa'  
(4 page article on the first steps into racing a Mini Cooper)
1997/02  
 Innocenti

I miracoli di Lambrate
A complete panoramic on the history and the models, written just before the end of the Innecenti mark.

by Rancati G.

 1997/10  56
 Mini 1000 - 1001  Di prossima esenzione  2001/05  60

Auto d'epoca: classic car magazine in Italy.

 Article on  Title / Type  Year/Month  On page
 Mini Cooper 1300  Evolution of Mini Coopers  2000/05  
The article is on the history and evolution of Mini Coopers Mk I, II, and III. Not only Innocentis but also British Coopers are described. The article also includes many interesting pictures, most of them of Innocenti Minis.

To email the magazine: autodepoca@tin.it

Thoroughbred & Classic Cars

 Article on  Title / Type  Year/Month  On page
 Innocenti Minis  Innocenti Minis  2000/05  

Quite an interesting 5 page article on Innocenti Minis.

Their e-mail is: emap@subscription.co.uk 

La Manovella: classic car magazine in Italy.

Reprint of a special edition of La Repubblica newspaper appeared at the end of the 70s (with the addition of numerous archive pictures and a two page form on the history of the company
Reprint di uno special de La Repubblica apparso alla fine degli anni settanta (con l’aggiunta di numerose foto d’archivio e una scheda di due pagine sulla storia dell’azienda)

Bocca G., Innocenti: come si uccide una fabbrica,
March 1997 and April 1997

Autotecnica: Technical car magazine
The history of Innocenti seen by one of its protagonists
La storia della Innocenti vista da uno dei protagonisti

Colombo S., Avventure a Lambrate,
October 1987 and November 1987

Autocapital: Italian car magazine
Mini Cooper
, August 1987
A four page retrospective article on the story and collection interest of the Innocenti Mini Cooper.
R
etrospettiva  di 4 pagine sulle Mini Cooper italiane: storia e collezionismo.

Bibliography on the Innocenti Company:

Innocenti
Imprenditore, fabbrica e classe operaia in cinquant'anni di vita italiana

by Marino Gamba,  Mazzotta Editore Milano, 1976. Text in Italian.

The most comprehensive book on the industrial history of the Innocenti company.

Not really for Innocenti Mini enthusiasts as it is more about the industrial aspects of the company since its very beginning rather than the characteristics of Innocenti cars.





 

On Luigi Innocenti
Su Luigi Innocenti

Innocenti parla chiaro, in Espansione, July 1969

Il cavaliere Mini, in L’Espresso Economia/Finanza, 14 May 1972

Monographs
Three monographs on the figure of the founder, Ferdinando Innocenti
Tre monografie sulla figura del fondatore Ferdinando Innocenti

Il suo unico hobbie è la Innocenti
'His only hobby is the Innocenti',
in
Domenica del Corriere, 22nd April 1962

Rievocando la figura di Ferdinando Innocenti
'Recalling the figure of Ferdinano Innocenti'
in
Tre J (newsletter aziendale / company's newsletter), n° 3,
May-June 1966

Luraghi G., Capi si diventa, Rizzoli, Milano 1973

Il Mulino
A study on the "hot period" of the disputes
Uno studio sul “periodo caldo” delle contestazioni

Reyneri E., Innocenti, in Pizzorno A. (cur), Lotte operaie e sindacato in Italia (1968-1972), vol. 1, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1974

Il Mondo
Two interesting dossiers on the end of the company
Due interessanti dossier sulla fine dell’azienda

Longoni G., Grazie Gepi, 4th December 1989
Sarcina G., Fallimento di Stato, 23rd November 1992

Stajano Corrado, Il disordine, Turin 1993,
Einaudi (ISBN: 88-06-12855-8)

A book with a chapter on the end of the company seen through the story of one of the most rappresentative workers
Un libro con un capitolo sulla fine della Innocenti visto attraverso la storia di uno degli operai più rappresentativi

Rinaldo Gianola, Senza Fabbrica
Another book with a chapter, "Lambrate, Milano" on the company's end.
Un altro libro con un capitolo, "Lambrate, Milano" sulla fine della Innocenti.
Baldini & Castoldi, 1993.