Carscoop Asks: What’s Your Favourite TV or Movie Car?

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.

Then there are movie cars:

The Aston Martin DB5 from the early Bond movies; the screaming Pontiac TransAm from Smokey and the Bandit (another favorite); the DeLorean from Back to the Future and Steve McQueen's Mustang in Bullitt.

So tell us, dear readers; what's your favorite movie or TV car? If you can't think of just one (heck, we couldn't), just tell us all.

By Tristan Hankins

Knight Rider KITT Replica up for Auction on eBay

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.

Under the hood, there's a rebuilt 355 cubic inch (5.8-liter) small block Chevy V8, claimed by the seller to produce somewhere around 400-horsepower. The 'Buy it Now' price on eBay Motors is $27,000.

Link: eBay

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2010 Chevy Camaro KITTed with Knight Rider LEDs

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.

The UK-based company that sells the KITT LED scanner for about $160 claims that the system comes with three settings that that mimic the light patterns on the original 1980's Knight Rider 2000 car and on the Shelby GT500KR in the shortly lived Knight Rider 2008 TV series.

We're not so sure if it's legal in most places to use the LEDs while driving, so if you're thinking about installing the system, better ask before you get into any trouble.

Source: Camaro5, Via: Insideline, Link: Knightlight LEDs

R.I.P.: Knight Rider TV Series Officially Terminated

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.

Via: LA Times

Video: KITT Attack Mode Revealed at Comic Con

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

Ghastly: NBC Reveals new KITT Attack Mode

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

Knight Rider TV Series Coming This Fall

You probably saw or at least heard of the two-hour long new Knight Rider movie that aired on NBC last February. Well, yesterday NBC officially announced that its fall-lineup will include a weekly series based on that film. We’ll be able to see Michael Knight and his black Shelby GT500KR in the role of K.I.T.T. every Wednesday at 8-9 pm EST while reruns will be playing on Saturday night from 9 to 10 pm EST.

Via: Motorpasion

Ford to Auction KNIGHT RIDER Shelby Mustangs at Barrett-Jackson

At the 6th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event on March 29, 2008, in West Palm Beach, Ford will auction two of the actual KITT Shelby Mustangs used in NBC's "Knight Rider" pilot TV movie that aired in February. All proceeds from the auction will benefit “Salute to Education”, a corporate sponsored scholarship program funded by the San Diego County Ford dealers and Ford Motor Company.

Although it goes without saying that the new KITT’s appeal comes nowhere close to the original Pontiac based model from the 1980’s TV series, the two cars are unique. According to Ford, the GT500KR based "Super KITT" and "Attack Mode KITT" will be sold as a pair. Pic edited by Carscoop – Details on both vehicles after the jump

"Super KITT" was built using a black Mustang GT with 4.6 Liter V8 that was upfitted with a Ford Racing Whipple Super-charger to make 500 horsepower. Additional performance elements include 6-piston Brembo Brakes, FRC500 Suspension Pak, High Flow Ford Racing X-Pipe and Ford Racing mufflers with stainless tips. The exterior sports a GT500KR fiberglass hood with a KITT heartbeat light, GT500 front and rear bumper covers, matte black LeMans stripes, matte finish rocker panels, GT500KR rear spoilers and 20" forged aluminum wheels.

"Attack Mode KITT" began as a black Mustang GT with 4.6 Liter V8, auto transmission, custom front valance/grille based on the GT500KR, carbon graphite chin spoiler, custom rear bumper cover, custom side faux air scoops, custom side skirt/rocker panel, two-tiered rear spoiler, custom rear window insert, custom turn signal trim, custom headlight trim brow and 20" forged black aluminum wheels. Performance features include Brembo Brakes, a FRC Suspension Pak and Ford Racing mufflers with stainless tips.

Knight Rider Shelby GT500KR: New Studio Shots

Just a couple of days before Michael Knight makes his comeback this weekend in NBC's "Knight Rider" television movie that will air on Sunday, February 17th at 9pm EST, Ford released a new set of studio images of the 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR that stars as K.I.T. You can check all the pics (in high-resolution of course) right after the jump. -Continued