Fiat 126B from Poland crowned 2025 Hot Wheels Legends Tour winner
Thousands of vehicles from across 16 countries were all vying to become the 2025 Hot Wheels Legends Tour global champion - and now the winner can finally be revealed.
Paweł Czarnecki brought his custom Fiat 126B along to the Poland Tour stop, where it won and followed that up with the overall crown at the Global Grand Finale on November 15th. Judges included TV host Jay Leno, actor Michael Cimino and racing driver Therese Lahlouh.
Czarnecki’s car will now be inducted into the Hot Wheels Garage of Legends and be immortalised as a 1:64 scale die-cast collectable, which will be sold worldwide.
How was the Fiat 126B created?
The Fiat was created to give the world a glimpse of what an official Group B rally event might look like, with its design honed to tackle the tight and technical stages of a hypothetical Carpathian Mountains event. Its widened stance and aerodynamic features are a nod to 1980s rally design, and despite its relatively small size, it is powered by a 200hp Fiat Uno 1.4 litre Turbo paired with a Nissan 200SX GT28 turbocharger and a Fiat Punto GT gearbox.
Czarnecki spent over 2,500 hours hand building the car and an additional 800 hours on the 3D printer, creating components to perfect the Fiat and give it the ‘Garage Spirit’ that the Hot Wheels judges were looking for.
Fiat 126B joins growing list of winners
The winning Fiat 126B now sits alongside the seven other winners crowned since the Hot Wheels Legends Tour was launched in 2018 to celebrate the brand’s 50th anniversary.
Previous Winners
2018 - 2Jetz
2019 - The Nash
2020 - 1970 Pontiac Firebird
2021 - 1969 Volvo P1800 Gasser
2022 - “Texas Toot”, a custom 1992 Autozam Scrum micro truck
2023 - “Chimera,” the 1990 Mazda MX-5 roadster
2024 - “La Liebre”, a 1968 custom-built Ford Falcon
Last year’s winning car - “La Liebre”
words: Mike Booth
pictures: Elan PR - Hot Wheels