The actor who has an impressive car collection has reportedly been blacklisted from a famous luxury brand, for a surprising reason.
Many stars enjoy driving or being driven in luxury cars. If actors often have the opportunity to drive exceptional vehicles through their films, others have an impressive collection. It must be said that they have the means to treat themselves by purchasing the latest, most fashionable models. This is the case of Tom Cruise, passionate about American and German cars. The actor reportedly owns a collection worth $50 million. So, what do you find in your garage? Tom Cruise has already acquired a Ford Mustang, a 1958 Chevrolet Corvette C1, a Buick Roadmaster, a Chevrolet Chevelle SS, a 1983 BMW, as well as a Bugatti Veyron purchased in 2005 for the sum of 2 million dollars.
A year later, in 2006, the manufacturer Bugatti simply decided to blacklist the actor, who no longer had the right to buy one of its luxury cars. But why is Tom Cruise on the Bugatti blacklist? It’s all due to an incident that would have embarrassed the brand. The then 61-year-old actor, who performs all his own stunts and is compared to someone for whom nothing is impossible, failed to open the passenger side door to help Katie Holmes, his ex-wife, to get out of the car.
The couple was heading to the Hollywood premiere of Mission Impossible III at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. The actor who was driving the vehicle himself tried several times to open the door, in vain. The scene is filmed and the paparazzi take a series of photos. According to several media, other celebrities are in the same situation as Tom Cruise, blacklisted by the Bugatti brand. They would be the American boxer Floyd Mayweather, the former F1 champion Jenson Button, the American rapper Flo Rida as well as the television presenter Simon Cowell,