There are many people in the world who think that there is nothing money can’t buy. Indeed, there is not much that people who are rich enough cannot reach, but there are still things that they cannot reach. Because many companies give importance not only to money but also to their image and brand values. In particular, automotive companies are very serious in this regard.
Previously, they managed to buy the cars of luxury brands, but because of what they did afterwards, they lost their chance to buy both their cars and the new cars of these companies. Let’s take a look at which companies have blacklisted these celebrities and why.
Tyga, the rapper who went against Rolls-Royce while showing off in a car he didn’t pay for.
American rapper Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson, known as Tyga, rented two cars in 2016, one of which was the Rolls-Royce Ghost. His cars were taken back because the famous rapper stopped making payments at one point.
Tyga was also sued for his debts to companies. It was then blacklisted by Rolls-Royce. Another company that brought a similar ban was Ferrari.
Deadmau5, who monkeyed the beautiful Ferrari for internet points, became one of the celebrities blacklisted by the Italians.
Almost everyone who is rich enough has a desire to buy a sports car, or a Ferrari if possible. On the other hand, Ferrari has little desire to sell cars to everyone possible, it is more important to preserve the image of the brand and the cars. Therefore, when Deadmau5 painted the Ferrari 458 Italia completely sky blue and had Nyan Cat coating on it, the company was not happy with this situation.
Ferrari sent a letter asking the Canadian artist to return his vehicle, which he named “Purrari”. While Deadmau5 returned the car to its original color, it also found a place on Ferrari’s list of banned customers.
Thinking of ways to sell the car without buying it, John Cena entered Ford’s blacklist.
The Ford GT, one of the most iconic sports cars of all time, returned to production in 2016 with a new generation. Wanting to preserve the rarity of the vehicle, Ford made some adjustments while selling the new Ford GTs, which were produced very slowly and in limited numbers. One of these regulations was the ban on selling the vehicle for 24 months.
Although WWE star and actor John Cena was one of the names who managed to buy a Ford GT, he did not follow this rule and sold the car for three times the price he bought it almost immediately after he bought it. Then the court process started and Cena finally apologized to Ford by donating all the money he earned from the settlement to charities. However, he did not avoid being blacklisted.
50 Cent, who learned the hard way that Ferrari was no joke, lost his car.
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Ferrari is known for never caring how famous that person is when it’s a celebrity that annoys the brand. 50 Cent also met this face of Ferrari after his social media post when his Ferrari 488 broke down. The Italian giant took his Ferrari from the rapper, who insulted his vehicles, and added 50 Cent to the blacklist.
Philipp Plein, who tried to use his Ferrari in advertising and also got out of his car, was because fame could not save him from the blacklist.
We see that more than half of the list consists of Ferraris. The famous designer named Philipp Plein painted luxury Italian cars in the same colors as the shoes in his new creation and used them in his advertising campaign.
The executives at Maranello sued Plein because they were not happy with this situation, and claimed that the artist used the Ferrari brand to add value to his designs. As a result of the lawsuit, Plein removed the advertisements with Ferrari, lost his vehicles and had to pay a fine of 325,000 euros.
Justin Bieber, who turned a special production Ferrari into a police vehicle in Dubai, ate the double of the prancing horse.
Justin Bieber buys himself a Ferrari 458 Italia F1 Edition one day. Afterwards, he takes the vehicle to a specialized store to be modified. Although Ferrari allows to make some minor changes to personalize the vehicles, it does not allow you to paint your vehicle completely electric blue or even turn off its logo. It demands that you restore your vehicle immediately, or return it if you are not going to return it.
Bieber does all of this and on top of that, one day when he drank too much, he forgot where he left his Ferrari and found the car only three weeks later, thus gaining a solid place in the black list.
Britney Spears, who shaped the Hummer used by America on the fronts, was also blacklisted.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, anyone rich enough was buying a Hummer. At that time, Hummer was indispensable especially for pop and rap clips. Britney Spears also owns a Hummer, and she even used her pink-painted car in the video for Do Something.
When the vehicle was later equipped with fake Louis Vuitton logos, Spears found the Hummer in front of him and had to pay 300 thousand dollars as a result of the lawsuit. Scenes with the fake LV logo were removed from the clip, and Spears was blacklisted from the company.
“You can’t even open your door yet, man!” said Bugatti, taking Tom Cruise’s key.
Perhaps the most interesting blacklisting event on the list happened to Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise, who attended the premiere of Mission Impossible 3 in 2006, arrived in a Bugatti Veyron. He parked the car at the end of the red carpet, posed for the media, and then headed for the door to get his partner out of the car. He turned towards her, but she couldn’t open the door. That’s why Bugatti blacklisted the famous name.
Although the reason was not officially disclosed, Kim Kardashian was also one of Ferrari’s blacklists.
Although there is no explanation as to the reason for this ban, it is claimed that Kardashian did not take good care of his cars and had his Ferraris painted.
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