Knight Rider was a popular television show in the 1980’s that aired from 1982 to 1986. There were three more televised attempts at keeping the characters and show alive. None of those follow-up attempts were as popular as the original though. If you have the money, you can own an iconic piece of 1980’s nostalgia – the Knight Rider K.I.T.T. car itself.
The Knight Rider story was out there
In what can only be done in the 1980’s the Knight Rider story is definitely “wild” to say the least. Wilton Knight, a self-made billionaire, comes to the rescue of a downed police detective. Detective Lieutenant Michael Arthur Long was shot in the face. This incident was almost fatal for the police officer. Knight came in, paid medical bills and the like, and saved the officer’s life. In the process, the detective was given a new face and a new name – Michael Knight (yep, no way to connect him to the billionaire).
As with billionaires, only on television and in movies, Wilton Knight happens to own a crime fighting organization. He chooses the newly healed up Michael Knight to be the primary field agent of the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG).
Being the lead field agent in a new vigilante crime fighting group comes with perks. Namely, the Knight Industries Two Thousand (K.I.T.T.) car. Again, no way to link this stuff to the billionaire – not at all.
K.I.T.T. is armed with a few things that you would be hard pressed to get standard off the assembly line. An extremely durable shell and frame, computer controlled, and a talking artificial intelligence to name a few. I hear K.I.T.T. has an Atari 2600 installed as well.
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K.I.T.T. was integral to the show
During the 80’s action movies and television shows had to be unique to stand out. There was a fine line between success and failure and Knight Rider walked it like a champ. Part of the charm of the show was the car itself, a heavily modified Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.
If you want to own the car, get ready to pony up some cash. Bidding, as of this writing, is resting around $500,000. That is about double what it would have cost to build the car in 2018. The perk here is this is David Hasselfhoff’s personal piece of memorabilia if that matters to you. If bidding is high enough, he will even personally deliver the car.