150 classic Fiats colour Mumbai streets during Fiat Club Mega Meet

Following the kick off, the bevy of vintage Fiats drove down to Cuffe Parade up to World Trade Centre to traverse back to Radio Club. (Express Photo/Akash Patil)

Organised by Bombay Fiat Club, founded by Dr. Sambit Patnaik in 2024, the celebration sought to bring together the finest collection of restored classic Fiats, passionate owners and timeline stories. While nearly 81 vintage vehicles had signed up for the first edition organised in December 2024, the number of participants touched 150 in the meet up organised on Sunday morning — a testament to the growing reach of the club.

The rally was enthusiastically flagged off by Shaina N.C and Vivek Goenka amongst other prominent dignitaries. (Express Photo/Ganesh Shirsekar)

Premal Goragandhi, a filmmaker, builder and one of the organisers of the event told The Indian Express, “Fiat was one such car which nearly every family has owned. Everyone has fond memories of Fiat, which makes them nostalgic. The event was a huge success as our registrations nearly doubled this year.” While the fleet of participants was initially proposed to drive along Marine Drive to reassemble back to the pier, the route of the event was realigned owing to the traffic restrictions announced in light of football icon Lionel Messi’s visit at Wankhede stadium.

Members of the Bombay Fiat Club converged at the iconic Radio Club in Mumbai for the Mega Meet 2025. (Express Photo/Ganesh Shirsekar)

Besides the rally, the meet up also saw nominations for a variety of categories for the ‘Car of the Meet’. The winners were decided in a poll by an executive committee with the nominations encompassing cars with significant history, ancestral stories, cars built up from dilapidated states as well as historically significant cars. The trophy for the Car of the Meet’ was won by Pratap Sinh Gaekwad’s Fiat 500. Meanwhile, the first runner up ‘ award was given to Kunal Varaskar’s 1989 Premier Padmini (PP DLx BE) which belonged to his grandfather, while the second runner up award was won by a 1970 Fiat 1100 D owned by Premal Goragandhi.