ABOUT AUTOMOTIVE INTERNATIONAL
- We achieved this by full immersion in and living the car culture, both historically and to the present day.
- We understand and focus on the essence of the car as well as it mechanical attributes.
- We restore, maintain, service, sell, and detail Ferraris, Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, and exotic vehicles.
- Our years of experience and expertise have given us global connections, allowing us to find vehicles and parts across the globe.
Mission Statement
Maintain the mechanical operations, bodies, interiors, and classic artistic styling of vintage, exotic, and special-interest automobiles.
Preserve and restore per the owner’s request and vision.
Reuse or rebuild original parts when appropriate or replacing with contemporary parts as driven by the client’s wishes.
Exceed clients’ expectations in level of service, quality, communication, and transparency each time they allow us the privilege of working
on their automobile.
Source the best examples available in our private collections.
For sale globally, for our clients seeking a specific car.
Our Story
Opened Their Own Business
After successfully servicing the Rolls-Royce and specialty car community at Jenkins & Jenkins in Charlotte NC for 14+ years, Jarod Brown and Jean Robitaille decided in 2000 to open their own business to serve this unique market niche.
Automotive International Opened
The primary focus was on Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferraris, and Aston Martins. The scope of services included basic mechanical maintenance to complete body-off restorations and interiors of these classic automobiles.
Automotive International differentiated itself not only by emphasizing strong client focus but also by being able to rebuild existing parts or find rare parts across the globe.
They had a mission for their shop:
• Maintain the mechanical purity and classic artistic styling of vintage cars;
• Exceed the client’s expectations and help train the next generation of technicians to continue this philosophy.
As the business and team continued to grow over the next decade, they remained true to their philosophy while selectively adding more recent exotic and specialty automobiles.
New Partner
Peter Nikonovich came in as a partner to help manage the growth and also develop the strategy and business model allowing Automotive International to continue to meet and exceed the expectations of clients. The next step in the journey is moving to our new facility in 2016. We will double the work space and have a new, state of the art paint booth to provided more efficient service to our clients.
The team has grown to fourteen people with varying expertise. This allows Automotive International to continue provide full range of services and increase the types and number of cars serviced.
Automotive International is dedicated to keeping the classic cars pristine and original as possible, while maintaining the modern exotics in optimum performance condition.
Sean Became A Partner
Sean Smith assumed the role of Operations Manager, overseeing delivery quality and operations.