Innocenti A40

The Innocenti A40 was the first car the Milan firm of Innocenti built, put into production in 1960 under licence from the British Motor Corporation. It was a licence-built version of the Austin A40 Farina, a compact family car in the hatchback layout with a short, abruptly cut-off tail, and it used the traditional mechanical layout of its British original with a 948 cc four-cylinder engine. Innocenti sold it as a saloon and as a Combinata with a load-carrying rear, and it was followed by the A40S. Until then Innocenti had been known mainly for Lambretta scooters, so the A40 marked its move into building cars, and it was soon joined by the 950 Spider. Production ran until 1967.