I recently visited the Romans International showroom in Banstead Surrey.
Romans was founded in 1994 by Paul Jaconelli.
Paul's story begins in the late 1960's where he was a Saturday worker at a garage washing cars. By the age of 19, Paul was buying cars at auction working on them and selling them until he had enough money to rent a garage.
In 1984, Paul took on HF Edwards in Epsom, this was a franchised dealership for Fiat and Peugeot. Paul and his brother Marc turned this into the biggest Fiat dealership in the UK winning a global award of Fiat Dealer of the year for three consecutive years.
Paul's real love was for Supercars and he started a business alongside HF Edwards that specialised in parallel imports to customers who were upset at a lack of supply on the franchised network.
Paul left HF Edwards when it was bought by HR Owen and in 1994 he acquired the name Romans Intarnational and started selling cars from his home. Soon Paul moved into a showroom in Epsom. After years of hard work and determination, Paul opened Romans International in Banstead.in 2002.
They offer a very high standard of supercar and customer service.
When I arrived, I was greeted by Eddie from the marketing team. Eddie told me that when he got his job at Romans, the cars in the showroom overwhelmed him a little and it's easy to see why.
Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4
McLaren P1
McLaren P1
Lamborghini Aventador LP750-4 SV Roadster
Bugatti Veyron
Ferrari F12TDF
Ferrari 599 GTO
Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato
Rolls Royce Wraith
Mercedes SLS AMG GT Final Edition
Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition
McLaren 675 LT
McLaren 675 LT
McLaren 650S
Ferrari F430 Scuderia Spider
Alfa Romeo 4C
Rolls Royce Wraith
Mercedes AMG GT R
Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari
Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS Bell Edition
Porsche 911 50th Anniversary
Porsche 911 GT3 RS
Aston Martin Vantage GT8
Mercedes AMG GT C Coupe Edition 50
Ferrari California T
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta
Ferrari 458 Speciale
While walking around the showroom and taking photo's, I asked various members of staff how they all felt about working at Romans. They were all very happy to be working there, one person commented that its the best job they have ever had.
As I left, I thanked Eddie for his time and allowing me access to Romans International
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