{"id":317658,"date":"2026-03-07T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/317658\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:52:08","slug":"people-confused-by-identity-of-rare-car-that-gordon-ramsay-is-spotted-driving-on-kitchen-nightmares-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/317658\/","title":{"rendered":"People confused by identity of rare car that Gordon Ramsay is spotted driving on Kitchen Nightmares episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gordon Ramsay<\/a> once drove a strange-looking SUV on Kitchen Nightmares, and some people aren\u2019t really sure what that was.<\/p>\n

It looks familiar, but it also doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

It also looks distinctly 2000-esque, which it was, because these episodes date back to the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

Mind you, this vehicle was actually based on one of the most famous SUVs ever built.<\/p>\n

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How does this rank in Ramsay\u2019s collection?<\/p>\n

The answer to that question is: not particularly high.<\/p>\n

Ramsay pioneered television cooking shows and made a fortune thanks to his vision.<\/p>\n

He figured out before most people that this was something the audience would like, and he was right.<\/p>\n

\"Gordon<\/a>Fox<\/p>\n

That gave him the chance to buy a couple of rare Ferraris<\/a>, including the Aperta<\/a>, and nearly every rare Aston you can think of, including the Valiant<\/a> and the Valhalla<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His car collection \u2013 reportedly worth around $16 million<\/a> \u2013 even includes an ultra-rare DB4.<\/p>\n

So, all in all, the mystery car you see here doesn\u2019t rank particularly high.<\/p>\n

\"Gordon<\/a>Fox<\/p>\n

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The strange car Gordon Ramsay drove is actually based on a best-seller<\/p>\n

It may not look it, but the car he drove in this old episode of Kitchen Nightmares is based on a super popular SUV.<\/p>\n

It is actually one of the best-selling luxury SUVs ever built, and it saved Porsche.<\/p>\n

Yep, it\u2019s a Porsche Cayenne.<\/p>\n

\"Gordon<\/a>Fox<\/p>\n

Specifically, it\u2019s a TechArt Magnum, which was basically a heavily modified first-gen Porsche Cayenne courtesy of a German tuner called TechArt.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re still making this, by the way.<\/p>\n

And it still looks almost \u2018Cayenne-esque\u2019, but maybe only if you\u2019re into cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gordon Ramsay once drove a strange-looking SUV on Kitchen Nightmares, and some people aren\u2019t really sure what that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-317658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}