Knight Rider Is Back - Shelby GT500KR As KITT

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Amid weeks of rumors and speculation,*NBC officially announced*yesterday that there will - in fact - be an updated sequel to the hugely popular 80’s series. Origially starring the Hoff behind the wheel*of a Pontiac Trans Am, this time they’re righting the wrong by putting Michael Knight in the driver’s seat of a heavily modded Shelby GT500KR.
Ford Motor Company has been making a huge push towards brandability in movies recently, and of course rebranding Michael Knight’s famous talking car as a Ford product has got to be one of this year’s highlights.
Like the original, this car talks! And if that wasn’t cool enough, how*a supercomputer that can hack into anything plugged into a wall. Still not impressed?**It drives by itself and, thanks to progress made in the area of nanotechnology, can both color and shape shift. Ok, we’re convinced. Can we take three please?

KITT Hero - a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR that is playing the part of the everyday Hero car with 540 horsepower. King of the Road, for sure.
KITT Attack - a super high-speed version of the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR Hero car that transforms into Attack mode with the help of air-ride technology and specialized body parts.
KITT Remote - a driverless Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR version of the Hero vehicle.

The movie stars Deanna Russo, as Sarah Graiman, the daughter of the man who invented the original KITT car. Justin Bruening stars as Mike Tracer, Sarah’s childhood best friend. Sarah recruits Mike to help search for her missing father with the help of the famous talking car. KITT, the talking super car, will be voiced by funnyman, Will Arnett, of “30 Rock,” “Arrested Development” and “Blades of Glory” fame.

And, if you though David Hasselhoff was done… he’s not. The “Hoff” will reprise his original role, Michael Knight, as a special guest star. I don’t know about the movie, but we’ll be tuning in to watch the car Sunday, February 17 at 9 PM on NBC.

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Amid weeks of rumors and speculation,*NBC officially announced*yesterday that there will - in fact - be an updated sequel to the hugely popular 80’s series. Origially starring the Hoff behind the wheel*of a Pontiac Trans Am, this time they’re righting the wrong by putting Michael Knight in the driver’s seat of a heavily modded Shelby [...]

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[wickedstangs]

Awesome, Nice Come Back

 

[beejay31000]

the idea is awesome, but KITT is a T/A and should always be a T/A...even tho that KR...it cant replace the origonal. oh, and that wing needs to go!

 

[Superstang21]

I agree! Kit is a T/A. Im glad that Mustangs are getting all of this exposure in Hollywood but I think that they should have waited for the Camaro to come out or something. At least that would be a little closer to the old Kit. Plus they could put those ridiculous wings on the GM instead of the KR.

 

[Foxman]

If i had that Mustang hanford PD would have never caught me!

LOL!

 

[beejay31000]

you think its gonna have that high tech steering wheel

 

[Superstang21]

I wonder who will be the 1st to come out with a "Kit" body kit..... Probably one of those import companies like Ground FX or Mr. Body kit.

 

[Superstang21]

It would probably come with a life size cardboard cutout of "The Hoff" for photo op purposes.LOL.

 

[wickedstangs]

Actually that hood is out already..

 

[beejay31000]

does it come with the cool lights

 

[Windveil Blues]

Lord I hope not... LOL

Jim

does it come with the cool lights

 

[beejay31000]

haha

 

[blackstallion06]

I think its bad ass. I dont care for the wing either but hey.. they should have brought the series back with the pontiac ram air trans