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What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:10 pm
by WittgenTT5/Rstein
A radically other car, not like a Trans-Am or Mustang or any other muscle car for that matter.

What if he was a Mazda RX-7, a DeLorean DMC-12 or even a Volvo 245 wagon?

a RX-7 as KITT sounds pretty intresting to be honest!

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:42 pm
by Assasinge
Here comes Knight Racer with his camaro...:P

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:55 pm
by WittgenTT5/Rstein
Assasinge wrote:Here comes Knight Racer with his camaro...:P
Or me with my 850 TT5/R "WittgenTT5/Rstein", granted it's not KITT but hes far more modern than him.

Also this: Image

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 8:35 pm
by Assasinge
AHHHHHH. We got competition here folks!!!!!

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 8:50 pm
by WittgenTT5/Rstein
Assasinge wrote:AHHHHHH. We got competition here folks!!!!!
There's also a DMC-12 DeloKITT but I can't find a hi-res pic of it.

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 4:01 am
by KITTfan
I remember reading that Glen A. Larson was considering KITT to be a Datsun 240Z, I guess similar body shape as Bionic Woman's car was?
Mazda RX-7 would've been great choice as well as it has those popup headlights like Pontiac Trans-Am.
Still, I'm happy that they decided to use 1982 Pontiac Trans-Am as KITT, it's the best choice and really good looking car still today :)

My parents had a 1983 Mazda 323 5-door Hatchback (GLC in the USA) during the years Knight Rider was on tv here and that Mazda has the warning light cluster in front of the steering column, about the same place as KITT's voicebox and dad used to pull the handbrake just enough that the indicator light came on and release it to make it look like KITT's voicebox flashing :D That Mazda had even a tan interior which further reminded of KITT :P

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 4:37 pm
by Kitt_24
Assasinge wrote:Here comes Knight Racer with his camaro...:P
LOL Assasinge

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 4:38 pm
by Kitt_24
WittgenTT5/Rstein wrote:A radically other car, not like a Trans-Am or Mustang or any other muscle car for that matter.

What if he was a Mazda RX-7, a DeLorean DMC-12 or even a Volvo 245 wagon?

a RX-7 as KITT sounds pretty intresting to be honest!
If kitt is not a third gen trans am then its not kitt.

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 5:32 pm
by WittgenTT5/Rstein
Kitt_24 wrote:
WittgenTT5/Rstein wrote:A radically other car, not like a Trans-Am or Mustang or any other muscle car for that matter.

What if he was a Mazda RX-7, a DeLorean DMC-12 or even a Volvo 245 wagon?

a RX-7 as KITT sounds pretty intresting to be honest!
If kitt is not a third gen trans am then its not kitt.
Exactly. But it's fun seeing KITT as another car really. (the Bel-Air or KIFT doesn't count :twisted: )

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:16 pm
by Assasinge
Kitt_24 wrote:If kitt is not a third gen trans am then its not kitt.
Let's play a game called how many times have we heard this from you? Can anyone guess? 1000 points to the correct guess!

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:19 pm
by WittgenTT5/Rstein
Assasinge wrote:
Kitt_24 wrote:If kitt is not a third gen trans am then its not kitt.
Let's play a game called how many times have we heard this from you? Can anyone guess? 1000 points to the correct guess!
I'd say about 2000 times

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:21 pm
by Kitt_24
WittgenTT5/Rstein wrote:
Assasinge wrote:
Kitt_24 wrote:If kitt is not a third gen trans am then its not kitt.
Let's play a game called how many times have we heard this from you? Can anyone guess? 1000 points to the correct guess!
I'd say about 2000 times
Just about the same from other people if not more saying the new camaro needs to be kitt :arrow:
Is this KNIGHT RACER with a new account lol

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:23 pm
by WittgenTT5/Rstein
Kitt_24 wrote:
WittgenTT5/Rstein wrote:
Assasinge wrote:
Let's play a game called how many times have we heard this from you? Can anyone guess? 1000 points to the correct guess!
I'd say about 2000 times

I bet this is KNIGHT RACER with a new account lol
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Both 276... hmm!

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:24 pm
by Kitt_24
WittgenTT5/Rstein wrote:
Kitt_24 wrote:
WittgenTT5/Rstein wrote: I'd say about 2000 times

I bet this is KNIGHT RACER with a new account lol
Image

Both 276... hmm!
With that being said yup this is knight racer.

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:29 pm
by WittgenTT5/Rstein
Kitt_24 wrote:
WittgenTT5/Rstein wrote:
Kitt_24 wrote:

I bet this is KNIGHT RACER with a new account lol
Image

Both 276... hmm!
With that being said yup this is knight racer.
Knight Rider Online, a dangerous forum with a user... that does not exist.

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 6:25 am
by Assasinge
You're really not the sharpest knife in the drawer, are you?

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 8:10 am
by Knight Racer
I used to wonder if Kitt wasn't a trans am, would I have liked the 80's Trans am. I can't think of any other car being Kitt in the 80's. Except for maybe the Nissan 300ZX. Not sure if that was in the 80's but it had the 80's look to me.

https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/niss ... _1_300.jpg

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 8:26 am
by WittgenTT5/Rstein
Knight Racer wrote:I used to wonder if Kitt wasn't a trans am, would I have liked the 80's Trans am. I can't think of any other car being Kitt in the 80's. Except for maybe the Nissan 300ZX. Not sure if that was in the 80's but it had the 80's look to me.

https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/niss ... _1_300.jpg
I would have liked KIFT as a 300ZX!

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 6:25 pm
by RicardoRibeiro2000
This 1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z could been Kitt because kinda looks alike a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.

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Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 6:48 pm
by WittgenTT5/Rstein
RicardoRibeiro2000 wrote:This 1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z could been Kitt because kinda looks alike a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.

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A smaller version of KITT maybe?

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 6:57 pm
by Assasinge
Not too shabby. I suppose.

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:39 am
by KITTfan
How about Opel Calibra as KIFT or even as KITT 2.0 if Knight Rider lasted to the 1990's?
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At least Calibra is a GM product like the Trans-Am :)

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:18 pm
by Han
I can't imagine any other car looking good in jump scenes

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 3:03 pm
by jup
And this 'could have' been something great with the KR '08 series and it's shape shifting capacity. They 'could have' explored all kinds of car models to find what fits best in 'this' and 'that' situation. It was a fantastic plot device for changing cars on the fly. Alas, an opportunity they didn't play around with all that much. Instead, opting for examples of very unsafe driving practices (and why AI assist is so necessary in such a situation) and lots of 'chit chat filler'. (However, that approach works well in that Agents of SHIELD show.)

Re: What if.. KITT was another car?

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:53 pm
by Jürgen
KITTfan wrote:How about Opel Calibra as KIFT or even as KITT 2.0 if Knight Rider lasted to the 1990's?
Image

At least Calibra is a GM product like the Trans-Am :)
I owned a Calibra for a number of years and I love this idea. :D But to be honest, KITT is KITT for me, a 3rd-gen Firebird T/A.

If it was an upgrade of some sort, the new 50th Anniversary Camaro looks like a good start. I could imagine a touch-up by Trans Am Depot that could be faithful to the original.