Ferrari is one of the most iconic sportscar companies in the world and there are tons of celebs in the world who own one.
Quite a few celebrities are banned from buying any Ferrari car ever again. Yes, some reasons irritate the Italian supercar maker so much that it has issued a complete ban on some celebs to own its products. Now, we were curious to know the details of the ban as this does not happen every day. So, we have compiled a list of all the celebs who have received this ban. Here are the details.
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Celebrities Banned From Buying Ferrari Cars
Tyga
The first celebrity to get a ban from Ferrari is Tyga. He owns a Ferrari 458 Spider in addition to a 2012 Rolls Royce Ghost. However, he stopped making payments for the Ferrari prematurely, so his cars were repossessed. In fact, the rapper still owed $45,000 to Ferrari and even more to Rolls Royce Ghost. As a result, the Italian auto giant decided to hand him a ban from ever purchasing a Ferrari again.
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Deadmau5
Next on this list of famous celebrities banned from buying a Ferrari is Deadmau5. However, in this case, the reason is quite different from the last one. He made a custom badging for his Ferrari which was called ‘Purrari’ with the meme cat graphics all over the body. Ferrari notified him to get this emblem removed along with all the Purarri badges and restore the car to its original paint. He had painted its sky-blue vinyl which somehow upset the Italian supercar maker. Hence, he is banned from buying a Ferrari ever again.
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Chris Harris
Chris Harris has been banned from repurchasing a Ferrari as well. He is a famous journalist and critic, and he wrote an article titled ‘How Ferrari Spins’ for Jalopnik in 2011. As a part of that article, he claimed that Ferrari has ensured that the test vehicles for the magazine had a much better performance which was not the case with the production versions. Replying to this severe accusation, Ferrari black-listed and barred him from owning its car again.
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Justin Bieber
The Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has also been banned by Ferrari from buying any of its models. He had to face the wrath of the Italian auto giant for some key reasons. He took his Ferrari 458 Italia F1 Edition to the famed West Coast Customs and got it wrapped in an electric blue color. On top of that, he tampered with the logo as well. Furthermore, Justin lost his Ferrari for 3 weeks after a drunken night out. This, naturally, did not sit well with Ferrari and it slapped him with a ban.
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50 Cent
One of the biggest rappers in the industry, 50 Cent also got himself banned from owning a Ferrari again. He used to own a Ferrari 488 which had some issues owing to a dead battery. The rapper decided to criticize the supercar on social media. His reach is extreme and he even called it a ‘lemon’. That proved to be just too much to test the patience of the Italian performance carmaker and they imposed a ban on 50 Cent from ever getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari.
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Kim Kardashian
This scenario is quite uncertain due to all the complexities involved in this case. Kim Kardashian allegedly received a Ferrari as a gift from a Malaysian businessman, who later turned out to be a financial fraudster in 2011. This is naturally a serious issue. However, Kim denied ever having received the Ferrari. Because the matter became criminal in nature, neither Ferrari nor Kim decided to express the details of this case in public. It was reported that Ferrari has banned Kim from owning any exclusive or special edition models.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a boxer that needs no introduction. He is the richest boxer of all time and one of the richest athletes in the world. Despite that, Ferrari refuses to sell its cars to him. There are specific ownership rules that Ferrari imposes on its customers. One of these is that the owner must wait at least a year before selling any model of the Ferrari. However, Floyd often buys flashy cars and sells them in a matter of months. That is the reason he got banned from purchasing a Ferrari again.
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Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage is one of the greats of the Hollywood industry. He has even been the highest-paid actor in Hollywood at one point in time. That is the reason why is regarded as one of the biggest stars in the world. However, at one point in his career, he ran into tax problems. To pay off the huge debt, he had to sell most of his assets including a rare Ferrari Enzo. Due to the urgency of the situation, he sold the Enzo below its market worth. Ferrari considered this as an act that could devalue to brand and handed him a ban from purchasing a Ferrari again.
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