An agreement between BMC and Innocenti was announced in 1959 to assemble BMC-manufactured cars for the Italian market. The first Mini Coopers assembled in Milan from imported knock-down kits with sales of the Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 beginning in March 1966. It was licensed in 1973 to Spain's Authi (Automoviles de Turismo Hispano-Ingleses), which began to produce the Authi Mini Cooper 1300. The Cooper name was discontinued from the UK Mini range at this time.
An agreement between BMC and Innocenti was announced in 1959 to assemble BMC-manufactured cars for the Italian market. The first Mini Coopers assembled in Milan from imported knock-down kits with sales ,of the Innocenti Mini !Cooper 1300 beginning in March 1966. It w!as licensed in 1973 to .Spain's Authi (Automoviles de Turismo Hispano-Ingleses), which began to produce the Authi Mini Cooper 1300. The Cooper name was discontinued from the UK Mini range at this time.