Info für Besucher ohne Javascript

Premium

Piccolomini - Innocenti Mini 1001/1300 in (historical) test

This article was auto-translated. We apologize if some words are confusing or simply amusing. Would you like to help us improve?

Created on June 15, 1974

Text:

Olaf von Fersen, translated by DeepL

Photos:

Archiv Bernhard Brägger

2

Archiv

28

Archiv Bernhard Brägger

2

Archiv

28

Innocenti Mini Cooper (1973) - the British Leyland offshoot from Italy is available for 11,400 francs - at the 1973 Geneva Motor Show

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper (1973) - top model, compact and sporty - at the 1973 Geneva Motor Show

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - the power is written all over its face

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - rear view

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - compact and sporty

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper (1975) - Locher/Krebs were very fast at the 1975 Rallye di Lugano (round of the European Championship) - only a Porsche Carrera and a Fiat Abarth 124 were even faster

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - who could resist

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1001 (1973) - attractively staged with the actress Rosalba Neri

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1000 Export (1974) - with Paola Carozzi

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1000 Export (1974) - with Rosalba Neri

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1001 Export (1974) - with Paola Corazzi

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1300 Export (1974) - min Rosalba Neri

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1001 (1973) - Actress Rosalba Neri in the small car

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1001 (1973) - loved by women

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - Main instruments centrally arranged

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper (1975) - Locher/Krebs at the Coppa di Liburna 1975. 2nd place behind Wintsch/Imholz on Opel Ascona

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1001 (1973) - Cockpit of the automatic version

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - visually hardly any difference to the English Mini

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - stocky

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - Cockpit of the sporty version

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 and Autobianchi A 112 Abarth in 1974 - two 'Italians' in a duel

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 and Autobianchi A 112 Abarth in 1974 - a comparison on the move

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - Cockpit with sports steering wheel

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - rear view

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1001 (1973) - a very special version

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - View of the interior

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 (1973) - front view

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1001 Export (1974) - Interior

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini 1300 Export (1974) - Fittings

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Innocenti Mini Export (1974) - Ignition lock

You have only

1 out of 30

images seen in high resolution

Summary

The Innocenti was a Mini that should have been around for a long time - for example, it had practical storage compartments in the doors. What else made it different from the English original and where were its weak points? The 1974 test report has the answers.

This article contains the following chapters

Changed engine character
A Cooper for everyday use
Driving comfort in English
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Does this fall under the heading of nostalgia or is it simply like meeting a long-lost old friend again? The Mini Cooper, the dachshund car from England that gave the big boys a run for their money in sport, freed England's carmakers from their reputation for technical conservatism and became a classless small car, is back after a break of two years. As lively as ever and clearly more mature, it provides the proof: it is still the biggest of the small cars, but at DM 7945 for the Cooper 1300 it is also good value. As a kind of by-product, the Italian BL subsidiary Innocenti also revived the former Cooper 1000 in addition to the Cooper 1300. It bears the name Mini 1001, which is less a reference to the number of nights during which the Via Pitteri in Milan racked their brains over this model than to the derivation from the standard Mini 1000, which was delivered from England.

Welcome to Zwischengas!

Continue reading this article for free?

Images of this article

Source: