Car Moon

Whether you're a fan of Adam West or Roger Moore, you have to admit: cars and television go together well.

The Saint had the Volvo P1800. The Dukes wreaked havoc with the General Lee. The Caped Crusader and his sidekick did the "vra-vra-vroom" in the Batmobile. The Hoff had the Knight Industries Two Thousand (a personal favorite, if only for Will Daniels' quips).

Heck, some of these cars are more loved and remembered than the stars that drove them. Except maybe for David Hasslehoff. I hear he's big in Germany.

Found for sale on eBay is a reproduction -and a quite convincing one at that- of one of the biggest icons of our childhood: the Knight Industries Two Thousand, or as most of you know it, K.I.T.T.

Like the original car used in the Knight Rider series during the '80s, this here replica is based on a 1982 Pontiac Trans Am and comes with all the cosmetic bells and whistles of the TV car including the cool to look at, but far from practical, cut steering wheel and electronic displays on the dashboard that lights up like a Christmas tree.

Ever since the new Camaro hit the streets, we knew that someone was bound to make a link between GM's pony car and KITT. That someone happens to be member 'Spaceballone' of the Camaro5 forums and what he did is to modify and install an LED light scanner in that little mail-slot air intake on the hood above the Chevy bowtie badge.

Not that anybody will miss it, but NBC officially announced that its new Knight Rider TV series featuring Justin Bruening in the role of Michael Knight and a specially modified Ford Shelby GT500KR as KITT, is out of gas after only one season and some 17 episodes. To be completely frank, the series was so bad that we only managed to watch / tolerate a couple of episodes of the new Knight Rider before calling it quits.

It will be another week before the new Knight Rider TV series starring Justin Bruening as Michael Knight and a souped-up Mustang Shelby GT500 KR as KITT hits the air on broadcast television on September 24, but NBC has done us a favor by releasing the first episode that’s called ‘A Knight in Shining Armor’ online. And even better, you can watch it here on Carscoop. Just hit the jump and don’t forget to leave us a comment with your thoughts on the first episode and especially its protagonist, the Shelby Mustang KITT. -Continued

Having shown you the first photos of the KITT Attack Mode that will star on NBC’s new Knight Rider TV show that premieres on September 24, we discovered two videos from “Knightrideronline” that include the official reveal of the… comical KITT at the San Diego Comic Con along with an interview with the Knight Rider’s Executive Producer and Showrunner, Gary Scott Thompson. Check out both videos after the jump. -Continued

The Reveal

New KITT Attack Mode Explained

Via: Knightrideronline

For those of you who thought that the new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR based KITT couldn’t look any more kitsch than it already is, then you ought to check out the new Attack Mode for KITT that was revealed at the Comic Con convention in San Diego. These pictures, courtesy of ShadowFlight, show that there’s no limit to bad taste. If we didn’t know better, we’d say that the new Attack Mode for KITT is the work of a five-year-old kid who spends all day watching re-runs of MTV’s Pimp my Ride… -One more picture after the jump

Source: Shadowflight , Via: Autoblog.com

One of the original vehicles from the popular mid-80’s Knight RiderTV series has been put up for sale on eBay. According to the seller, the specific 1984 Pontiac Trans Am KITT was initially introduced in the third season of the series and then re-converted to simulate the "Super Pursuit Mode" variant of KITT that debuted in the 4th season. The vehicle was also used in the Knight Rider Television Movie (1984) and for exhibition and promotional purposes.

As many of you might remember, the "Super Pursuit Mode" variant of KITT was supposedly a stupendously fast version designed to reach speeds of 300mph or 482 km/h through the assistance of retractable airfoils and jet boosters. While we prefer the appearance of the standard KITT, nevertheless, the "Super Pursuit Mode" variant was one of our childhood heroes and as such, we wouldn’t mind seeing it in our garage. -More pics after the jump