Kitt is a Ford Mustang?

Rodney 32 Comments

With the new Knight Rider TV Movie on its way I am getting a little itchy for that snappy banter between the Hoff and his smartass TransAm but then I felt a disturbance in the force.

IWatchSTuff says:

KITT may no longer be a Pontiac Trans Am. According to someone working on the Knight Rider effects team (adding a red light to the front of a car), the new vehicle will be a Ford Mustang.

Now I am not a purist when it comes to TV translations to film, and Transformers proved to me that you can keep the original magic and awe without sticking to the same brand of car, but I am hesitant to really buy into the Stang as Kitt. Are they going to keep Kitt’s eloquent voice and dry wit?

I can live without the Hoff playing Knight, but having his character’s SON be the candidate for the next Kitt car is a bit unnecessary. They could have pulled any old sharp looking boytoy treat of the week to play Kitt’s sidekick. But I was jonesing to see an updated TransAm sporting the waving red Cylon eye.

Can you deal with Kitt as a Stang? Does it matter?

Comment with Facebook

About Rodney

View all posts by Rodney →

You may like these posts

32 thoughts on “Kitt is a Ford Mustang?”

  1. The value of fashion women heels like <b><a href=”http://www.cheapchristianlouboutinshoesoutlet.net”>Chanel Shoes</a></b> due to its desinger and unique, so their copy will be very low cost but high quality.Most girls prefer to buy a cheap copy from <b><a href=”http://www.cheapchristianlouboutinshoesoutlet.net”>Christian Louboutin Outlet</a></b> Online Store, their material are almost the sale as the original one,even you can get a <b><a href=”http://www.cheapchristianlouboutinshoesoutlet.net/prada-shoes-c-145.html”>Cheap Prada Shoes</a></b> here.

  2. you are in reality a good webmaster. The site loading velocity is incredible. It seems that you are doing any unique trick. Moreover, The contents are masterpiece. you have done a great process on this matter!

  6. rodney,
    I am british, and the voice sounds gay enought to me. But like I said, there’s nothing wrong with that, it just doesn’t suit a muscle car in my opinion.

    Didn’t realize it was going to be a TV movie , must have missed that bit due to the shock that they’re actually ressurecting this rubbish, so that’s fair comment. But I still think it will still suck, but then again, most TV does.

  8. @Sal, Firstly Kitt’s voice isn’t “gay”. There is no qualities to Kitt’s voice that is stereotypically gay. Unless you meant british, because the voice does sound a hint of british.

    Secondly, as the post said, it is a TV Movie, so your assumptions about boxoffice were obviously considered. Its actually going to be staged as a pilot for a potential TV Series. If the TV Movie is well received, they will attempt an ongoing show about it.

    Who knows. It might actually be good.

  10. Who cares? If they want this movie to sell to the biggest demographic(18-35 year old males) they need to sex up the car. I’ve never seen one episode of Knight Rider, so the change doesn’t bother me.

  13. personally, I think it will suck and bomb at the box office. Knightrider the TV series is cheesier that warm brie. How on earth can they resurrect it and give it some credability?
    I can’t imagine anyone wanting to go and see a film about a man with his special car that has gay voice. Not that there’s anything wrong with gay voices, it’s just that if your gonna have a muscle car speak, give it a brutish voice like MR T. Couldn’t do any more damage to the franchise than has already been done.

  14. I never claimed it was authentic, Rodney. Just said it was cool.

    As a swede I have to say that the Koenigsegg would be a cool antagonist.

    BTW: I have no idea why a swedish car has a german name that means Kings Egg.

  16. and i have come to the same conclusion. Too bad, even though, having a Ford Mustang KITT vs a Koenigsegg CCX KARR would be a bit of a one sided fight. Kinda like putting James Bond in a Ford Mondeo instead of the Vanquish and making him fight the Jag in DaD.

  25. Oh And rodney, check your sources better please, Baracade was a Ford Mustang Saleen. Just because they bought rights into using GM’s products doesn’t mean they ALL had to be GM products. I think bone Crusher(the tank) Was a Chevy Tahoe if I’m not mistaken :P (just bustin balls) ..

  26. So I drive a new Ford Mustang (gt. Brags for me)… Any honestly I don’t see Kitt as a mustang. I just don’t. I don’t think mustangs are sleek enough, mustangs are about power, and muscle. The Trans Am had a sleek, Rogue like nature to it. IMO. They should try to buy into chevy’s new camaro (Since the trans am, and camaro have been almost mirror images of eachother since they’ve been released, different engine works and such, yes I know, but they were basically the same car) and the new camaro hold the same sleek nature as the old camaros, with a new age touch to it. I hope you all agree?

  27. Dude, what Transformeres movie did you see? Barricade is a Mustang! He is Saleen version Mustang. And if you don’t wanna take my word for it, you can look it up anywhere on the net, even the toy descriptions.

  29. The Stang won’t bother me because there hasn’t been a new T/A since 2003, and with all the after-market companies with goodies for the Stand, it’ll look damn sharp! (It better!) I would’ve liked to have seen a WS6 T/A be Kitt just for nostalgia, but really, it’s not that much of an issue.

    As for “Knight Jr” that isn’t a bad thing, although it is tired in Hollywood. Too used to them messing up great potential. Having said that, I’m not holding high hopes for this program to be that great. Might just rekindle a little spark I had way back when I was a kid for KITT. Honestly – I want KITT to sound like a hot sexy bitch again! YAY!

Leave a Reply