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Future Knight Rider Thoughts

The response from last week's news about KITT has been mixed. Some people think the GT500KR is a great choice, others think that the producers should've picked a better car, and still others wish that Knight Rider had stayed in the 1980s altogether.

Personally, I'm going to wait until I see it in action before I make a final judgement. But if they are planning on doing a restart or continuation of the series using the classic "William Daniels" version of KITT, I do wonder if the Mustang was the most appropriate choice. The old KITT was very refined - some would say snobbish - and it fit with the sleek lines of the old Firebird. Although a lot of its mystique has been lost over the last quarter century, the Firebird was a pretty stylish car for the time...before then, the tapered nose and pop-up headlights were design features normally associated with Corvettes and high-end European imports.

In the the movie Knight Rider 2000, KITT was less than enthusiastic about being placed in a classic car, and far preferred the Banshee-inspired sports car. I have a feeling that the KITT of old would've had a similar reaction to the GT500KR - an awesome machine, but more of a sledgehammer than a rapier. I think something a little sleeker might've been more appropriate, and it would've been cool to see KITT go back to his GM roots:







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