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Latest Knight Rider Series Unveil: KITT Recreated Again
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — At a press conference on Friday just outside the San Diego Convention Center where geeks from around the world were meeting in the annual Comi-Con festival of science fiction, fantasy and comic book-dom, NBC displayed the new "Attack" version of the Knight Industries Three Thousand Shelby GT500KR. That's right, when Knight Rider returns as a series this September 24, this is what KITT will look like when the talking car is in a particularly aggressive mood.
Once again designed by Harald Belker (who has conjured up vehicles for dozens of films and also designed the Attack version of KITT seen in last February's TV film), this new one features aluminum disc wheels, three tubes sticking out of the hood, some expanded fenders and a set of Lamborghini-style scissor doors. The rear wing, Knight Rider producer Gary Scott Thompson informed us, will also serve as an air brake for when the car is hauling itself down from one of its 377-mph blasts (all speeds theoretical — and ludicrous).
Thompson also claimed the new Attack KITT featured a 6-inch top chop. And that just ain't so.
The production has ordered up two of the Attack KITTs and has had Cinema Vehicle Services construct them over the base of a standard Ford Mustang GT. Of course much of what's on the Attack KITT is simply there for visual excitement. However, the massive 12-inch wide Goodyear road racing slicks on 15-inch wheels out back are very real indeed. The front tires are 245/35ZR22s. The wheels are, our best guess, Centerline solid aluminum discs.
Actual mechanical modifications are few — any weaponry, heads-up lunacy or defensive systems will be produced through special effects on set or in some post-production computer graphics system.
In addition to Attack KITT, regular old KITT will appear in the series and once again be portrayed as a GT500KR. Another KITT incarnation will be an F-150 pick up for those scenes that involve off-road driving or when driver Mike Traceur (Justin Bruenine) promises to help his old high school buddy move.
What this means to you: When September 24 rolls around, you'll know where you'll be at 8 p.m. (7 p.m. Central). — John Pearley Huffman, Correspondent
Once again designed by Harald Belker (who has conjured up vehicles for dozens of films and also designed the Attack version of KITT seen in last February's TV film), this new one features aluminum disc wheels, three tubes sticking out of the hood, some expanded fenders and a set of Lamborghini-style scissor doors. The rear wing, Knight Rider producer Gary Scott Thompson informed us, will also serve as an air brake for when the car is hauling itself down from one of its 377-mph blasts (all speeds theoretical — and ludicrous).
Thompson also claimed the new Attack KITT featured a 6-inch top chop. And that just ain't so.
The production has ordered up two of the Attack KITTs and has had Cinema Vehicle Services construct them over the base of a standard Ford Mustang GT. Of course much of what's on the Attack KITT is simply there for visual excitement. However, the massive 12-inch wide Goodyear road racing slicks on 15-inch wheels out back are very real indeed. The front tires are 245/35ZR22s. The wheels are, our best guess, Centerline solid aluminum discs.
Actual mechanical modifications are few — any weaponry, heads-up lunacy or defensive systems will be produced through special effects on set or in some post-production computer graphics system.
In addition to Attack KITT, regular old KITT will appear in the series and once again be portrayed as a GT500KR. Another KITT incarnation will be an F-150 pick up for those scenes that involve off-road driving or when driver Mike Traceur (Justin Bruenine) promises to help his old high school buddy move.
What this means to you: When September 24 rolls around, you'll know where you'll be at 8 p.m. (7 p.m. Central). — John Pearley Huffman, Correspondent
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