In the new version, Hasselhoff returns, but the lead character is now Justin Bruening who plays Knight's long-lost son Michael Tracer. Not only could it talk, it could morph into an attack vehicle that accelerated to 300 mph, used a Turbo Boost to jump over obstacles and even drive itself. His partner was an advanced Pontiac Trans Am with artificial intelligence. The popular American television series which ran from 1982 to 1986 starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a kind of modern day 'knight'. But most viewers will probably think it means Knight Rider at least at first.' 'Auto enthusiasts will know what KR stands for. 'It's purely a coincidence and a nice one at that,'' said Al Uzielli a senior advisor, to Ford Global Brand Entertainment the Ford office in Beverly Hills which works to place Ford branded vehicles in movies, TV and other media. While the super car has been known to racing fans as 'King of the Road' since 1968, it's about to star in a remake of the hit TV series Knight Rider making mix-ups inevitable.

13, 2007 - When the 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR launches this spring don't be surprised if there's some confusion over what the letters 'KR' stand for. UPDATE: Ford's official press release added after jump.Ģ008 FORD SHELBY GT500KR LANDS STARRING ROLE ON KNIGHT RIDERĭEARBORN, Mich., Dec. Regardless, we're excited to see the new KITT when the TV show kicks off with a 2-hour Knight Rider movie on February 17th, and while we don't expect it to be, you know, good, we'll tune in to see if the GT500KR has got any acting chops. Pontiac doesn't have a car that would fit the role and the original KITT was at least an F-body. The upcomingĬhevy Camaro seemed like a better fit, if for no other reason than We think KITT being a Shelby GT500KR is quite the coup for Ford. To recap, there will three versions of KITT in the new Knight Rider TV show: a standard KITT Hero car, a more combative and winged KITT Attack (shown above), and KITT Remote for when the protagonist whispers into his Seiko watch, 'KITT, I need help.' Today we found a couple new pics of the Fordified KITT and higher-resolution versions of the ones we showed yesterday on Ford's media site.

Somehow the Blue Oval managed to convince NBC that the voice of Will Arnett and its Shelby GT500KR would make a perfect fit for an Click above for more images, including a desktop-wallpaper of above shotįord.

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