“Knight Rider” star David Hasselhoff is auctioning off his automotive co-star from the cult-classic Nineteen Eighties tv present. LiveAuctioneers is working an public sale of The Hoff’s private memorabilia assortment—together with his KITT Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. The public sale ends January 23.
The automobile is positioned in the UK and Hasselhoff will personally ship it to its new proprietor, however that proprietor will even should pay supply prices, based on the itemizing.
The Trans Am is described as “totally purposeful,” though it is unclear from the itemizing whether or not the Pontiac is a real “Knight Rider” prop or a reproduction. On the present, KITT (brief for Knight Industries Two Thousand) featured an array of devices, together with a bulletproof outer shell, flamethrower, jet propulsion, and a synthetic intelligence management system that will sass Hasselhoff’s Michael Knight.
KITT Pontiac Firebird Trans Am owned by David Hasselhoff (Picture by LiveAuctioneers)
“Knight Rider” ran from 1982 to 1986, spanning 4 seasons and 90 episodes. It was a reasonably brief run for a tv present, however Hasselhoff and KITT made “Knight Rider” a cult traditional. The speaking Trans Am earned a spot alongside automobiles just like the “Again to the Future” DeLorean time machine and the A-Team van within the pantheon of automotive popular culture.
The present was additionally standard sufficient to spawn a number of (unsuccessful) revival makes an attempt. A brand new model of “Knight Rider” premiered in 2008, utilizing a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 as KITT, for the reason that Trans Am was not in manufacturing. That present lasted for only one season.
In August 2020, Variety reported {that a} “Knight Rider” film is reportedly in growth, with “Livid 7” director James Wan’s manufacturing firm concerned, however no official announcement has been made.