Another K.I.T.T. up for sale: the years have been cruel to Hasselhoff

So it looks like the last two decades have been hell on the once proud Knight Industries: after a disastrous attempt to leech onto the dotcom boom by having Michael Knight trawl the internet for cyber-criminals with his virtual sidekick C.L.I.P.P.Y., the company was forced to disband its FLAG division and sell off most of its assets, including cars, semi-trailers, and saddest of all, RC3 and Bonnie. The upside of this blow to vigilante law enforcement was that car nuts could finally get their hands on an original Knight Industries Two Thousand (only ten were ever made), with a version hitting the auction block in 2004, and now one of the four original K.I.T.T.s up for sale by a California business. Kassabian Motors is offering the 1982 Pontiac Trans Am V-8 for a cool $150,000, which gets you a restored interior, those retro light up controls, and of course the snazzy red nose scanner, but unfortunately, no oil slick or Super Pursuit Mode. Finally, as a special bonus to overseas bidders, Kassabian will also reportedly retrofit the car with a CD changer sporting all of David Hasselhoff's many hits at no additional charge: "Michael, we seem to have a problem; these songs totally suck."

[Via Boing Boing]

[doug @ Apr 5th 2007 9:22PM]

let me know when they auction off K.A.R.R.

[Bloobie @ Apr 5th 2007 9:26PM]

Screw K.A.R.R... give us Goliath! :)

[doug @ Apr 5th 2007 9:34PM]

Goliath? what about The Monster Car?!?

all that purty gold ...

[3rdsun @ Apr 5th 2007 9:38PM]

Does it talk back

[Ryan @ Apr 5th 2007 9:45PM]

So is KITT the fifth cylon?

[strider_mt2k @ Apr 5th 2007 9:46PM]

And what about that rare unaired episode where a ton of Chinese copies flood the crime-solving-car market.

The only way they could tell is when they tried to format 'em.

[Carlos Montoya @ Apr 5th 2007 11:20PM]

I'm still looking for the costume from "The Greatest American Hero"...was it just me or did that symbol on his chest look just like the green lantern symbol?

[gonzo @ Apr 6th 2007 12:49AM]

It was you. The symbol was almost exactly the same as the Chinese character for "center" (also used for "China").

[R @ Apr 6th 2007 10:25AM]

Screw oil slick and Super Pursuit Mode! TURBO BOOST!

[Alexandre Souza @ Apr 6th 2007 11:38AM]

hey, this is the same of last post, look at the signing in the targa glass!

[Shmoe @ Apr 6th 2007 11:43AM]

Those tires look bald.

[ArturoRoyal @ Apr 6th 2007 1:24PM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKh2CI6T_c0&mode=related&search

Enjoy!!

[Silverfrog @ Apr 13th 2007 1:49PM]

They may as well give us a replica of Airwolf too. And, what about the Chevy van from A-team?