The new KITT's performance stats make no difference to me in my opinion but I see them quoted endlessly as proof of how superior the Ford Shelby is to other cars out there that could have been the new KITT. When you really look at it, first and foremost the illusion of speed on screen in a tv show or motion picture is dictated more by the camera and visual effects team then actual speeds reached.
You're not going to see KITT really go 250+ mph in some high speed action sequence no matter how good your stunt coordinator is. There's too many insurance companies to ruin the prospect of high intensity stuntwork of that caliber and too much that can go wrong.
The Shelby GT500KR might be the biggest baddest muscle car on the open road but you're not going to be able to legally take full advantage of its over the top 550+ horsepower engine. That's why speed limits are a drag, even on the freeway.
If you're in another country where speed limits are more lapse then sure, buy one and race your heart out.
Good luck actually getting the full performance you can attain out of a what equates to essentially a "trophy car" that will rarely ever be able to reach its top speeds in the city to begin with.
If you live out in the desert or whatever where there are wide open spaces, by all means endulge need for speed instinct. When it comes to believability in a real world setting however, it's just unrealistic to need this much performance in the first place. Who are you trying to convince?
This whole bravado about the Shelby Mustang being this speed demon and the endless plug of it's specs is just unecessary to the needs of the production in the first place. All it amounts to is yet another marketing ploy to sell "limited edition" cars to people at rediculous amounts of money they never need in the first place.
They end up in a garage purchased mainly by celebrities and high profile car collectors, locked away and preserved to keep them pristine as possible simply because of the sheer amount of money it takes to own it in the first place. That is until there's some auto show where the owner then drags it out of the shadows to display their bragging rights.
People complain about the previous Trans Am generations being inferior to the new Mustang but the one thing the Trans Am has always been to the general population is affordable.
This is just my opinion about the matter, feel free to disagree, agree or discuss accordingly.
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