Who is Mat Armstrong?
Mat Armstrong is a 31 year old automotive YouTuber and social media star from Leicester, England, born on 11 June 1993. His rise to fame began as a professional BMX rider, fully sponsored, but he soon turned his attention to cars—first fixing up vehicles in the car park of an Indian restaurant where he worked evenings and later doing social media at a garage.
In 2013, he started his YouTube channel “Mat Armstrong,” teaching himself how to build, modify, and restore high end vehicles. He initially focused on German engineering—Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, Maserati, Bentley—and often acquires crashed or written off cars to transform them and sell for profit. His rebuilds have become increasingly ambitious, moving into high end supercars such as Lamborghinis and Ferraris. Generating tens of millions of views, these rebuilds have made him a household name among car enthusiasts.
Mat and Social Media
Mat now commands over 4.7 million YouTube subscribers and more than 2 million followers on Instagram. He famously restored Marcus Rashford’s crashed Rolls Royce, buying it for £185,000 and spending over £324,000 total—a project the footballer’s team even supported with spare keys and codes.
Beyond that high profile restoration, Armstrong renovated everything from Audi TTs to Bentley Continental GTs and Porsche Caymans. Many of his restored cars are raffled off to followers, which he says is a highlight. His partner, Hannah, often joins him, and together they’ve expanded their venture into full time careers—Mat films and edits, Hannah helps manage projects and giveaways.
From BMX parks to Porsche powerhouses, Mat Armstrong’s journey is one of grit, self teaching, and turning wrecks into wonders—fuelled by passion and digital creativity.
And who is Mat Armstrong’s Bodyshop?
If you are considering using our services, you may be pleased to discover that Allied Automotive are Mat Armstrong’s bodyshop of choice. We have been repairing and refinishing his projects for a number of years.
Our first project for Mat was simply a bonnet and front bumper for an Aston Martin Vantage, which then grew into repaints on a e46 M3 and a Porsche Caymen. Building on that success we have completed repaints on his Lamborghini Murcielago, Gallardo, Porsche GT3, GT3RS, Mclaren 720S, Mansory Rolls Royce Wraith, Ferrari 458 and 296. In between these major jobs there have also been the smaller jobs on Range Rover SVR’s, M5 competition, M3 competition, Audi R8, Nissan GTR and various other projects.
We have built a great working relationship with Mat and look forward to continuing this journey into the future with many exciting projects in the pipeline. If you want to check out Mat’s content and follow the journey you can find his channel here:
We will be posting some more in-depth posts about the projects we have completed for Mat.
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