Categories: Automotive|This Day

September 26, 1982 – K.I.T.T. hits the silver screen

On this day in 1982 the TV show Knight Rider made its primetime debut, starring a talking 1982 Pontiac Trans Am named K.I.T.T., which stood for Knight Industries Two Thousand. Behind the wheel of the Pontiac was David Hasselhoff, who played crime fighter Michael Knight.


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