"Ed Chilada" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:57:46 -0400, "80 Knight"
> <80_knightREMOVEMEPLEASE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>"Ed Chilada" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:19:33 -0400, "80 Knight"
>>> <80_knightREMOVEMEPLEASE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Jason Sobol" <musicmanason@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>>> >Whether it's great looking is irrelevant. It's *dated* and it's not
>>>>>>even been in production for .. how many years?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> the car has only been out of production FOUR years, the design used
in
>>>>> KR
>>>>> ended in 1984 (85-90 and 91-92s were a different design on the same
>>>>> body...just updated) and the 3rd gens have been gone 14.
>>>>>
>>>>> Im not about to sit here and argue about your "dated" comments. 3rd
>>>>> Gens
>>>>> still are decent looking cars, albeit not as sleek as the 4th Gen,
but
>>>>> still good for the car that it is.
>>>>>
>>>>> Feel free to share your opinion with us, but dont start to flame
>>>>> people
>>>>> who dont necessarily agree with you. The scanner was an addition to
>>>>> the
>>>>> car, if you remember the 1st couple of episodes, they used it with a
>>>>> stock
>>>>> 82 T/A nose, and it blended in quite well
>>>>
>>>>If they absolutely *had* to use a newer car, I could accept a newer
>>>>Trans
>>>>Am. KITT will still always be a 1982, but I do think the 2002's are
>>>>still
>>>>much like the 1982's.
>>>
>>> They did that with KR2000?
>>
>>Naw. KITT in "KR:2000" was a Dodge Stealth, made to look like a Pontiac
>>Banshee (which, was only ever a concept car, if memory serves).
>
> Ah! OK, I thought it was based on a 4th gen Trans-Am, as pictured
> here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Trans_Am
KITT from KR:2000 was based on the Banshee, but built on the body of a
1991
Dodge Stealth. Remember, the 4th Generation Trans Am's didn't come out
until
1993, while KR:2000 came out in 1991.
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