Somerset TikTok star Matthew Wilson sets up supercar event

A 22-year-old man with hundreds of thousands of social media followers set up his own car event which helped raise money for charity.

Matthew Wilson, from Charlton Mackrell in Somerset, ran his first car event in Exeter, attracting more than 1,500 people to see the 400 cars on display.

He said he'd been "obsessed" with cars since he was young.

Mr Wilson told BBC Radio Somerset: "It was a surreal experience to host my first event."

He added: "I've been into cars since I was young. I actually became obsessed after I first watched the Disney movie Cars.

"It's a dream to show cars, and the event was amazing."

Mr Wilson has more than 200k followers on social media platform TikTok, where he shows and talks about the supercars he owns.

He ran his first event with his business partner, Dan Billings, 42, who is also massively into cars.

Some of the proceeds from the event in Exeter, which took place on Saturday, went towards the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Mr Wilson said he'd discovered a "really lovely community" of fellow car lovers on social media.

He continued: "When I posted about the event, my social media kind of went crazy.

"For a first event, it's mental how much publicity it got and I have no idea how we managed to hire out an arena in Exeter.

"I hate seeing cars sitting and doing nothing in a garage, so I want to show them to the world. This will be the first event of many."

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