Jalopnik: Hasselhoff

Even The Knight Rider R/C Car Has Turbo Boost

Travis Hudson — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:15:00 EST

As far as we can tell, the new GT500KR Mustang KITT still lacks any kind of turbo boost. But now you can still enjoy a little bit of the old Knight Rider turbo in the form of a remote control car. Forget the Mustang—let's return to the Golden Age with the Pontiac Trans-Am KITT remote-control car from Firebox. You'll be the coolest kid in the neighborhood. Your dad will be able to beat up other dads. But not The Hoff, or course.

This R/C car features the famoous KITT strobing lights and is capable of going forward, backward—and using its turbo boost! It makes whooshing sounds and yes, it will even talk to you. No word on whether archived Hasselhoff chest hair is also included. The original Knight Rider KITT remote-control car is available for a relatively modest outlay of $50. [Firebox via Gearlog]

Ein Auto, Ein Computer, Ein Mann! German Knight Rider Intro

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:00:00 EST

It's been a whole 30 seconds since we've posted something about the New Knight Rider and we were starting to get the shakes. But, c'mon, look at that smile. Is it any wonder that the Germans love David Hasselhoff? Two esses, two effs, all man. We love the voice over, it's kind of angry and threatening. Did this guy found the Neue Deutsche Härte movement? So Ze Germans. Enjoy. [YouTube]

David Hasselhoff Wants You In His Car

Ray Wert — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 12:30:12 EDT

We have no words. We'd seen the made-for-MTV version, but the live performance, we feel, stands on it's own four wheels. Joke, thy name is Hasselhoff. [Hat tip Zerin!]

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Hassel-huh? "The Hoff" Cuts Video with KITT

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:13:22 EDT

In media, self-deprecation is the slipperiest of slopes — it's way too easy to keep cashing the checks, allowing joke on joke to culminate in a catastrophic loss of dignity. No actor alive has (heretofore) been able to toe the line better than David Hasselhoff, whose ridden extraordinary camp fame to roles in the current #1 movie and highest-rated TV show in the US (Click and America's Got Talent). The gig may be up. Now, he's covered a long-forgotten Ted Mulry Gang number, "Jump in My Car" for his Australian audience, the video for which sends up his goofball heartthrob image with help from old sidekick, KITT (albeit a right-hand-drive doppelganger — thanks to digital video's "mirror" function, likely) and a lineup of run-of-the-mill Aussie floozies. Buckle up for safety. [Thanks to Stephan for the tip.]

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Michael, I Do Believe We're Featured in a "Blog": More Than You Needed to Know About "Knight Rider"

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:55:18 EDT

Frankly, we don't really know how Knight Rider ever snowed us as kids. We remember those early TV spots where KITT smoked a '69 Dodge Charger painted orange with a not-so-subtle "00" painted on the doors. But c'mon, really, an RB-powered Charger or a smog-choked 305 motivated Trans-Am? If KITT werereally powered by a 200 mpg turbojet, our hunch is that there wouldn't have been room for a certain gro -im-Deutschland future Baywatch star. Still, if Knight Rider's your ball o' wax, here's your site.

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