In respect to this, what happened to the 3 Minis in The Italian Job?
'They used 16 cars in the film but they were all scraped and left in Italy. 'Only these three boxes came back to England. There wasn't much in them except for the lamp bars, bonnet straps and lots of small bits. But most importantly the original number plates and log books were there.
Secondly, where are the Mini Coopers from The Italian Job? This car is now a part of the MINI factory tour in Cowley, Oxfordshire, England. The production shut down Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue for seven days to shoot the chase scenes, which had never happened before for filming. 32 MINI Coopers were used throughout the shooting.
Also to know is, how many minis were destroyed in the Italian Job?
All sixteen Cooper S used in the filming of the Italian Job were also destroyed during filming, many ending up on their roofs and damaged beyond repair during the sewer tunnel stunts.
Did they destroy real cars in the Italian Job?
It's a beautiful car, beautifully shot, in a beautiful location. The scene does come to an abrupt end, however, as the car winds up destroyed due to a nefariously placed piece of heavy machinery. Thankfully, the car wasn't really destroyed. The filmmakers weren't daft enough to destroy an actual Miura.
