Next KITT a Ford ??
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Next KITT a Ford ??
http://jalopnik.com/cars/knight-ride...0kr-327687.php
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Our detective work's paid off on yesterday's rumor on the new KITT. Now not only do we have off the record confirmation from the "involved parties" that KITT will lose the GM third generation F-body (and legions of mullet-swinging fans), but also that he'll be moving up a few steps on the horsepower ladder. That's right, everyone's favorite talking car (no, not spelled K-A-R-R) will be played by a black-with-gray-stripes 550 HP Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang in the new Knight Rider TV show. And thanks to a very helpful tipster who's preference is to remain anonymous (we don't blame 'em) we've got the proof to show you -- photos taken from inside of the vehicle build facility out in LA where they're prepping the new Knight Industries 'stang for Cylon-like close-ups. Yes friends, this is the new KI Two Thousand -- who wants to touch it? I said, who wants to touch it? OK, well how about just your two cents? Anybody?
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Originally Posted by GreenMonster
I guess that shit happens when GM doesn't have a low cost 2+2 RWD coupe
and when Ford gives them a ton of $$$
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...but also that he'll be moving up a few steps on the horsepower ladder... will be played by a black-with-gray-stripes 550 HP Ford Shelby GT500KR
# Power System - KITT is powered by the Knight Industries turbojet with modified afterburners and a computer controlled 8-speed turbodrive transmission. Specifications 0–60 mph in 2 seconds, standing to quarter mile 4.286 seconds. Electromagnetic hyper-vacuum disc brakes: 14 foot braking distance (70–0 mph).
# Turbo Boost - Used in most episodes, a series of rear mounted undercarriage rocket motors allows KITT to accelerate to incredible speeds in excess of 200 mph. When activated in combination with the Trajectory Guidance System and a pair of rocket motors mounted just behind the front tires that lifted the front of the car, KITT could jump 40 feet into the air and pass over obstacles in the road. The system also allowed KITT added power whenever he had to maneuver heavy objects such as pushing a heavy boulder off a cliff, or pulling a large vehicle out of danger. The boosters could fire forward or backward.
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wtf! no way.
You can't make KITT look like that piece of crap cobra! KITT is awesome, and the trans-am back then looked futuristic, sleek and fast. The Cobra looks retro, fat/bulgy and domestic-ricecraptacular.
This is like replacing Airwolf with a Blackhawk. Or the A-Team van with a Scion xB. It's a travesty!
You can't make KITT look like that piece of crap cobra! KITT is awesome, and the trans-am back then looked futuristic, sleek and fast. The Cobra looks retro, fat/bulgy and domestic-ricecraptacular.
This is like replacing Airwolf with a Blackhawk. Or the A-Team van with a Scion xB. It's a travesty!
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Originally Posted by Crazy Sellout
Should have at least waited for the Camaro
probably shoulda....but like clpower said money talks....if michael bay got a camaro for transformers, the producers could've gotten one for kitt
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As a Shelby enthusiast I now hang my head in shame................................... Sucks to know an entire generation of pre-pubescents glued to the TV will think of Shelbys as talking characters with that god awful light bouncing back and forth within it's hood.
Sigh.............
Terry
Sigh.............
Terry
#14
WHAT?! A FORD?!?!
Kidding.... not that big of a deal to me, but this is kinda going against tradition. Plus those red lights look stupid on a Mustang. Would've looked silly on a Camaro too.... but c'mon.
Kidding.... not that big of a deal to me, but this is kinda going against tradition. Plus those red lights look stupid on a Mustang. Would've looked silly on a Camaro too.... but c'mon.
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like many here, I also belong to a couple other car forums (Infiniti FX)... we have a member there that is working on the set of this show somewhere in Canada... and YES he confirmed it... it's a Mustang... (some KIIT voice)
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Originally Posted by WILLDOGS
Me thinks that the red lights under the hood is a chop. This may just be a fake.
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I'm sure its all about $$$
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They should make KITT an Aston Martin DB9.
Just sayin'.
Just sayin'.
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The Trans-am was the shit. Like someone else said, looked futuristic back then and still looks good.
And now they've replaced it with a POS rustang
to the return of Knight Rider though
And now they've replaced it with a POS rustang
to the return of Knight Rider though
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Originally Posted by teranfon
As a Shelby enthusiast I now hang my head in shame................................... Sucks to know an entire generation of pre-pubescents glued to the TV will think of Shelbys as talking characters with that god awful light bouncing back and forth within it's hood.
Sigh.............
Terry
Sigh.............
Terry
While it does have the name, I don't think any true shelby enthusiast looks at the new GT500 as a shelby car
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Originally Posted by bigman
wow, that sucks, including the bad photoshop of kitts scanner lights.
My thoughts too, i don't believe the story either honestly
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Originally Posted by CLpower
While it does have the name, I don't think any true shelby enthusiast looks at the new GT500 as a shelby car
Terry
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Knight Rider to ride again?
http://www.wheels.ca/article/asset/34601
John LeBlanc
Special to the Star
Dec 05, 2007
Knightrider rides again -- on a pony.
If you’re a fan of General Motors’ third-generation 1982-92 F-body Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, get ready to be disappointed.
Autoblog.com is reporting that U.S. TV network NBC has signed off on a new Knight Rider made-for-TV movie. Replacing the Michael Knight character that actor/singer David Hasselhoff played between 1982-86 will be former soap star Justin Bruening.
More importantly, NBC is dumping the original Firebird Trans Am-based "Knight Industries Two Thousand" car with — of all things — a Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang.
Why the remorse for Trans Am fans?
Looking back, the rear-drive Pontiac 2+2 sports coupe was relatively high tech for the time. Okay, its 145 hp V8 was a bit wheezy. And its build quality was right up there with that gingerbread house your kids are working on for Christmas.
But remember, these were the Dark Ages for the car industry. At least the ‘Bird’s aerodynamic front end and swoopy rear backlight were way cooler than a contemporary Toyota Celica Supra.
So if this new Michael Knight is supposed to be driving an “advanced smart car with artificial intelligence,” what’s with the retro Shelby in this revival?
No offence to 'Stang lovers. With its very non-independent rear axle, woolly steering and retro looks, anyone calling the Shelby “cutting edge” is still watching Knight Rider reruns with a TV hooked up to an aerial and working on their Mamas and Papas LP collection.
Pontiac goes Down Under, again.
Speaking of retro, pickup.com is confirming that a pickup version of Pontiac’s forthcoming Australian-built G8 sedan is a go.
Yup, you read that right, a pickup.
Bob Lutz, GM's vice-chairman of product development, expressed hopes that GMC would sell the two-door, two-seat pickup as the new Caballero, in honour of 1978-87 car-based GMC Caballero (not to be confused with the Simpson’s fictitious Canyonero SUV that “smells like a steak and seats 35...” But I digress.)
Instead, the name of Pontiac's truck/car will be the “G8 ST,” short for Sport Truck. It will only be sold with a new 6.0-litre V8 and no V6. Pricing is expected to start at $31,000 (U.S.) and versions of GM mid-size sedans are to join a wagon version “by the end of the decade.”
The new vehicle has not been confirmed for sale in Canada, but is slated to debut at the Detroit auto show in January.
The death of the GMC Caballero and its Chevy El Camino counterpart in 1987 was mainly due to the rising popularity of compact pickups like the Chevy S-10. Popular Down Under, these vehicles are known as “Utes.”
The G8 ST Ute will probably be a blast to drive. Especially with no weight in the cargo bed.
But is a two-seat, muscle pickup/car the answer to a question no one is asking? Whom does GM think this vehicle will appeal to?
Maybe The General knows something we don’t.
Either that or short memory syndrome may be setting in.
This will be GM’s second crack at a V8 sports truck in the last decade. The last one was Chevrolet’s SSR, which sold only 24,0000 copies between 2003-06.
Are you satisfied?
That’s the question Consumer Reports asked its readers for its Car Owner Satisfaction Survey. The results, to be published in its January issue, and released this week on ConsumerReports.org, held few surprises.
Industry watchers will see little news in that Japanese brands fill nearly half of the winners’ circle. Or that Toyota takes 10 of the top 39 spots and the Detroit Three takes seven. Or for that matter, that domestic brands account for 20 of the 22 vehicles listed on Consumer Reports’ list of least-pleasing vehicles.
Funnily enough, many of the vehicles that Consumer Reports as the least satisfying — such as the Chevrolet Uplander and Ford Freestar — were also reported as depreciation disasters here in last week’s column.
Special to the Star
Dec 05, 2007
Knightrider rides again -- on a pony.
If you’re a fan of General Motors’ third-generation 1982-92 F-body Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, get ready to be disappointed.
Autoblog.com is reporting that U.S. TV network NBC has signed off on a new Knight Rider made-for-TV movie. Replacing the Michael Knight character that actor/singer David Hasselhoff played between 1982-86 will be former soap star Justin Bruening.
More importantly, NBC is dumping the original Firebird Trans Am-based "Knight Industries Two Thousand" car with — of all things — a Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang.
Why the remorse for Trans Am fans?
Looking back, the rear-drive Pontiac 2+2 sports coupe was relatively high tech for the time. Okay, its 145 hp V8 was a bit wheezy. And its build quality was right up there with that gingerbread house your kids are working on for Christmas.
But remember, these were the Dark Ages for the car industry. At least the ‘Bird’s aerodynamic front end and swoopy rear backlight were way cooler than a contemporary Toyota Celica Supra.
So if this new Michael Knight is supposed to be driving an “advanced smart car with artificial intelligence,” what’s with the retro Shelby in this revival?
No offence to 'Stang lovers. With its very non-independent rear axle, woolly steering and retro looks, anyone calling the Shelby “cutting edge” is still watching Knight Rider reruns with a TV hooked up to an aerial and working on their Mamas and Papas LP collection.
Pontiac goes Down Under, again.
Speaking of retro, pickup.com is confirming that a pickup version of Pontiac’s forthcoming Australian-built G8 sedan is a go.
Yup, you read that right, a pickup.
Bob Lutz, GM's vice-chairman of product development, expressed hopes that GMC would sell the two-door, two-seat pickup as the new Caballero, in honour of 1978-87 car-based GMC Caballero (not to be confused with the Simpson’s fictitious Canyonero SUV that “smells like a steak and seats 35...” But I digress.)
Instead, the name of Pontiac's truck/car will be the “G8 ST,” short for Sport Truck. It will only be sold with a new 6.0-litre V8 and no V6. Pricing is expected to start at $31,000 (U.S.) and versions of GM mid-size sedans are to join a wagon version “by the end of the decade.”
The new vehicle has not been confirmed for sale in Canada, but is slated to debut at the Detroit auto show in January.
The death of the GMC Caballero and its Chevy El Camino counterpart in 1987 was mainly due to the rising popularity of compact pickups like the Chevy S-10. Popular Down Under, these vehicles are known as “Utes.”
The G8 ST Ute will probably be a blast to drive. Especially with no weight in the cargo bed.
But is a two-seat, muscle pickup/car the answer to a question no one is asking? Whom does GM think this vehicle will appeal to?
Maybe The General knows something we don’t.
Either that or short memory syndrome may be setting in.
This will be GM’s second crack at a V8 sports truck in the last decade. The last one was Chevrolet’s SSR, which sold only 24,0000 copies between 2003-06.
Are you satisfied?
That’s the question Consumer Reports asked its readers for its Car Owner Satisfaction Survey. The results, to be published in its January issue, and released this week on ConsumerReports.org, held few surprises.
Industry watchers will see little news in that Japanese brands fill nearly half of the winners’ circle. Or that Toyota takes 10 of the top 39 spots and the Detroit Three takes seven. Or for that matter, that domestic brands account for 20 of the 22 vehicles listed on Consumer Reports’ list of least-pleasing vehicles.
Funnily enough, many of the vehicles that Consumer Reports as the least satisfying — such as the Chevrolet Uplander and Ford Freestar — were also reported as depreciation disasters here in last week’s column.
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well i guess they paid alot of money to have the shelby in the new t.v. movie. that must mean that the shelby just isn't selling and i can tell you why. it sucks major donkey balls.
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