![]() KITT is being sold along with a host of Hoff-related items by Julien’s Auctions in Hollywood. “For now, Catano’s creation is as close as you can get to the car that was in front of the show’s cameras,” as Wired puts it. She also added Lamborghini-style scissor doors, a W-shaped steering wheel, and the iconic oscillating LEDs on the front grill. And if that wasn’t enough, she embedded over 4,000 sound clips from the show to play on command.įour cars were used during the show, but these have already been sold. Catano started with a 1986 Pontiac Firebird and added scads of LEDs and digital gauges to ape the hero car. This specific KITT was made by a Knight Rider fan Jennifer Catano, who gave the car to Hasselhoff as a gift. Is it the real KITT? Wired Magazine explains: It’s on display 9.30am-5pm (Mon-Sat) and 11am-5pm (Sun) until April 27, and free to visit. ![]() The famous Pontiac Firebird, one of which David Hasselhoff drove in the 1980s TV show Knight Rider, has arrived at The Newbridge Silverware Visitor Centre in advance of a Hollywood auction. It could accelerate from zero to 60 in only 9.2 seconds, one of the fastest of its time.It’s not every day KITT rolls into Kildare. Overall, the 1982 Pontiac Trans AM was meant for the fast lane. Buyers had the choice to opt in for the Cross-Fire Injection version of the 5.0-liter model, which later produced many negative reviews. The standard V8 engine came with a 145-horsepower, 5.0-liter, four-barrel unit with either a four-speed manual or three-speed automatic. With a new, wind-tunnel formed F-body platform and a 500-pound reduction, the third generation Firebird was GM’s most aerodynamic vehicle produced at the time. The slope of the windshield was raised 3 degrees for a more aerodynamic 62 degrees. The vehicle underwent a complete transformation, featuring new sheet metal, concealed headlights, glass-dominated rear hatchback and sleek styling. The 1982 Pontiac Trans AM marked the beginning of the third-generation Firebird. The hope was that show business would embrace the Trans AM, and that’s just what it did. When Universal Studios approached Pontiac to feature the 1982 Pontiac Trans Am in their new TV show, “Knight Rider,” Pontiac jumped right on board. Plummeting sales eventually caused a reduction in production, and profits were nowhere in sight. The result was a hodgepodge of various model designs, and no one really knew what Pontiac stood for. It began to design its models after higher-priced Buicks and Oldsmobiles while still trying to keep up with the production volumes of Chevrolet. Showbiz Gives Pontiac Another ChanceĪfter the heyday of the early ’60s and ’70s, Pontiac struggled to find its niche. In fact, it was voted number 7 on the list of the 100 Greatest Movie and TV Cars of All Time by Edmunds. As the TV ratings rose, viewers began to fall in love with KITT as it revved its engine and raced across screens. A talking car in the ’80s was considered space age and, in turn, intrigued viewers. One of its most notable features was its ability to speak. Some special features of KITT included its ability to jump over obstacles using turbo boost, drive without a driver and see through a mounted scanner bar. KITT was a black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am that doubled as a high-tech crime fighter and a hot rod sports car that was practically indestructible. Today we feature on of the best known cars in TV series history, the 1982 Pontiac Trans Am, better known as KITT from the show “Knight Rider”.Īnyone who has ever watched NBC’s hit television series “Knight Rider” will have seen the iconic Knight Industries Two Thousand, or KITT for short. In our most recent posts we looked at one of the most iconic NASCAR movies in history “Days of Thunder” and the 1960 Buick LeSabre from the movie “Fast Times at Ridgement High. Welcome to another edition of Hollywood Wednesdays. 1982 Pontiac Trans Am – From the TV Show “Knight Rider”
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