Roman Bellic's Express Car Service in GTA IV.
Roman Bellic's Express Car Service on fire in GTA IV.
The Express Car Service, also known as Roman's Taxi Depot, is a taxi depot located in Broker (on the intersection between Cisco Street and Iroquois Street) owned by Roman Bellic and Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Description
The building may first be seen in the mission The Cousins Bellic, when the player may drive pass the depot as they leave East Hook and enter Hove Beach. The depot is gritty in appearance, with an office (seen in several cutscenes) and a garage located in the building. Taxi drivers can be seen repairing Roman's Taxi fleet in the garage. Regular black Esperantos can also be seen coming and leaving the buliding.
The building is burned down by the Russian Mafia under orders of Dimitri Rascalov in the mission Roman's Sorrow. Roman opens a new taxi depot in Bohan, although the location is not revealed, and will eventually use Cavalcades in place of Roman's Taxi as taxi vehicles. After the player obtains a high enough friendship level with Roman, Niko Bellic can call Roman for a taxi. Niko's taxi missions are unavalible after the building is burned down.
Evidently, it was burned down by a pair of people (presumably Russian gangsters) throwing Molotov Cocktails into the depot, as reported by Weazel News from witness reports.
By 2009, in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the Depot is repaired, but it's unknown if Roman and Niko own it. If it is still owned by Roman and Niko, this could be evidence that the Revenge ending of the game is canon.
Known employees
Trivia
- Roman's office appears to have a texturing glitch, as the door behind the desk says office on the inside rather than on the outside like it should.
- Roman's Cab is a customized Esperanto with a discoloured front left fender and red seats, and is labeled 'Roman's Taxi'. However, there is a normal Esperanto with black seats and no discoloured fender in the office.