Roman nosy: Let loose inside luxury car dealership

WHY do we like cars? Well, we all dream and cars are something to aspire to.

You probably already know your answer if someone asked which car you would buy if you won the lottery.

Supercar showroom... Romans is stocked with top motors

Mine would be a Porsche 911 GT3 or Jaguar F-Type, for the record. Probably both.

But what is it really like inside the world of supercars? It fascinates all of us motoring fans, which is why well over a million watched Supercars: The Million Pound Motors on C4 last week.

It's a mysterious, glamorous world, alien to us muggles. But it doesn't stop us dreaming of the day we buy our first Ferrari.

This week, this fascination took me to Romans International — one of Britain's highest-end car dealerships, based in Surrey.

Shop floor... With just one of the pricey cars for sale

The father-and-son business, at the side of a busy A-road in Banstead, Surrey, and placed next to a Ford dealership (poor Ford), is bulging with gorgeous lumps of metal.

They stock around 50 cars, and the showroom is worth at least £6million at any given time. Their Maserati MC12 has just sold for £1.2million.

"We sold a Ferrari 458 to Theo Walcott the other day," says Tom Jaconelli, son of owner Paul. "And John Terry has bought around seven cars from us."

So footballers make the best customers, then?

"No, not necessarily. You'd be surprised who we get. The other day a guy came in, his clothes coated in paint and plaster.