In today’s throwback, we tell you how and why Tom Cruise has been banned from purchasing any Bugatti car.
Tom Cruise Is Banned By Purchasing Any Bugatti & The Reason For It Is As Absurd As It’s Funny!(Photo Credit –wikimedia)
Tom Cruise is one actor who loves doing it all and by himself. Be it his own stunts in films or driving fast vehicles in real life, Cruise loves getting his hands dirty. While this has earned him many fans, over the years he has lost favour with the fast car brand Bugatti. You read that right. Tom has been blacklisted by the brand and now he can’t buy himself any sports car from them due to a red carpet incident.
While we tell you about Tom being banned by a car brand here, let us tell you other stars who have faced a similar issue are Kim Kardashian being banned from buying certain special edition Ferrari rides as well as Justin Bieber being on the no-sale list of the same brand.
According to Marca, Tom Cruise spent more than $1 million to buy a pricey Bugatti in 2005. The actor was so enamored with the pricey wheels that he made the decision to drive them to the Mission Impossible 3 premiere in addition to driving them around the city. Unfortunately, the actor was barred from ever buying another car from the company after this advertising stunt failed.
But was it the trouble for it to drive the car to a red carpet premiere? Okay, NO! The action star’s inability to unlock the door of his car was the reason the corporation decided against doing business with him. WHAT! Although many fans found the incident amusing at the time and still do, it sufficiently enraged Bugatti for them to impose this rule.
But was taking the car to a premiere and driving it on the red carpet the problem for it? Well, NO! The reason for the company shutting its door to doing business with the action star was his inability to open the door of his car. WHAT! While fans laughed off the moment and some still find it funny, it rubbed Bugatti the wrong way enough to have them put this dictate in place.
As per the site, the Bugatti Veyron came with a 16-cylinder engine and had 1001 horsepower. To the premiere of his film, Tom Cruise decided to drive the expensive vehicle to the red carpet along with his then-wife Katie Holmes. While the actor got off the driver’s side with ease, the passenger’s side took the actor several attempts to open. In fact, it took him over 40 seconds to open the door. When it did finally open and he helped Katie out of the car and waved to the millions watching them with smiles on their faces, the automobile company felt disrespected by it.
The site reported the brand banning Tom Cruise saying, “The reason for Bugatti’s decision dates back to 2006, at a massive event where Mission Impossible 3 was premiering and Cruise arrived with a spectacular entrance.” The report further reads, “After several attempts, Cruise finally managed to open the door of the Bugatti Veyron, before the eyes of thousands of people present, including international press, as well as the millions of viewers who took the moment with humour, although that was not how the car brand saw it.”
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