"Ed Chilada" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:33:58 -0400, "80 Knight"
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>>You know, Ed, it's not often I agree with anything "Anybody" says, but I
>>also disagree with the idea of using the Koenigsegg for KITT. I, for
one,
>>love the 1982 Trans Am. Even to this day, whenever I see one on the
>>street,
>>I think of KITT. The same goes if I see a 1969 Dodge Charger, I think of
>>the
>>"General Lee". However, I understand that they would have to update KITT
>>to
>>a modern car, but why something such as the Koenigsegg? For starters,
(in
>>my
>>humble opinion, of course) it is not a very attractive car. It looks
>>sporty,
>>but IMHO, it looks *too* sporty. Yes, KITT was the "car of the future",
>>but
>>KITT was also something that people could go into a dealership and buy
>>back
>>in the 80's when Knight Rider was on. Sure, a Trans Am wasn't in
>>everyone's
>>price range, but the Koenigsegg is barley in anyone's. Plus, KITT was
>>always
>>domestic.
>
> Personally, I don't feel that this was the reason it was done though.
> As I've said before, I suspect it was highly budget related. When
> you're starting a new series and you don't really know how it's going
> to go, you don't get a huge budget to start with. If you know you're
> going to be doing stunts with supposedly the same car each week,
> you've got to know you can keep supplying them and you've got to think
> long and hard about what car you can afford to replace once or twice
> per episode. I suspect also, that it was easy to get engineers to work
> on the Trans Am too, to fix things up and to create the KITT specific
> changes.
I mean no offence, but I don't understand what you mean here. If you are
saying the Trans Am's were cheap cars, then that is not correct. The Trans
Am's are sports cars, and are very expensive from new. In fact, there are
still Trans Am's for sale locally to me (Ontario, Canada) going for over
$40,000 (Canadian). Sure, the Trans Am's weren't nearly as expensive as a
Ferrari, or similar, but they were very high priced cars from new.
> I really don't think that the idea was to base it on a car that seemed
> quite common to the viewers. I may be wrong, but I've certainly never
> read that.
I think I remember hearing on the Knight Rider DVD, that Glen Larson said
that he had seen the new Trans Am, and liked it, so he used it for his
KITT
on the show. I think another reason was because it was a totally new
version
of Trans Am, so very few people owned one at the time Knight Rider
premiered.
>> GM, preferably. I mean no offence to anyone who dislikes GM, or
>>who resides in a different country, but KITT was a Pontiac. I was even
>>annoyed when they made KITT into a Dodge Stealth, even though I love the
>>Stealth's.
>>As I said, I for one, would be more then happy to see a 1982 Trans Am on
>>the
>>big screen, however, if they can't use that model, then why not use
>>something similar? Perhaps the newest Trans Am? Or maybe wait until GM
>>starts rolling out new Trans Am's, and do like Glen Larson did with the
>>original show. Use the newest generation of Trans Am. The new Chevy
Camaro
>>is coming out in a couple of years (they are building it in the plant I
>>live
>>5 minutes away from), and there is a *lot* of talk around here that the
>>Trans Am will follow.
>
> I guess it might seem different if you're an American. The idea of a
> Swedish car being the new body for KITT is a little hard to swallow. I
> guess you'd still want it to be an American car, and hopefully a newer
> Trans Am.
I would have to see what the new Trans Am's look like first, but from the
'concept' pictures I have seen, its a damn fine looking car. However,
those
'concept' pictures aren't from GM, so who knows what the new Trans Am will
look like, or even if it will ever be made.
> But even so, I'd be *shocked* if they made a modern day Knight Rider
> film, and KITT was still based on an 80's Trans Am.
I honestly wouldn't. I would accept it quite eaisly. I still see all
kind's
of Trans Am's of Knight Rider's generation (1982-1986) on the road. It's
not
an obselete car. But, I can see how others would be ticked off.
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