The most recognisable signature of the Knight Rider car KITT (besides its bulletproof body, turbo boost and smarmy Mr. Feeney voice) is its evil red LED scanner. Muscle Car Blog has the info on how the new KITT’s LED scanners work.
newVideoPlayer("KITT3.flv", 463, 387,"");The new KITT’s dashboard has been officially revealed, confirming the previously leaked image (in high resolution after the jump, along with a gratuitous—but necessary—photo of the new car and the Hoff at the Playboy Mansion) and Knight Rider’s producer David Bartis’ words about the interior design’s similarities with the iPhone:
Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a modded PC who does exist although we all wish it didn’t. Thomas Fan, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the LED abusers, the lounge music fans, the tasteless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law. He just added a scanner to his “Knight Rider Tribute” PC mod, which starts and shuts down using KITT voice samples. “In light of the new series coming out, I bet a lot of fans are preparing and going crazy,” he told us. Whatever you say Thomas. As soon as you are not wearing leather pants, we will even watch your KITT PC in some video action.
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The new gadgets for KITT version 2.0 have been revealed, including every single technology a man who does not exist would ever need: laser weapons system, nanotech cloaking, laser-guided missile defense, 3D heads-up display, military-grade GPS, holographic projection and even a Mini-KITT reconnaissance drone (!?!) among 21 new gizmos. Surprisingly, all this technological terror leaves out three of the most amazing gadgets of the original KITT:
Kitt and Michael Knight, the Sonny and Cher of the ’80s, are to make a return. NBC is apparently in talks with Doug Liman, director of Mr and Mrs Smith and The Bourne Identity to bring Knight Rider back, but this time with a Transformers-style twist, with evil cars chasing our be-permed hero and his wheels. A two-hour pilot is already in the offing, with Liman in a producer’s role. [Variety]