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Hi,

does anyone know if David Hasselhoff ever expressed his opinion of the Dodge Stealth Knight 4000. Did he like it or dislike it?

Dodge Stealth? I thought it was based on the Pontiac Banshee concept car, but I admit I had a hard time figuring out what it was when I saw it.

Yeah Pontiac backed out of using the Banshee for the Movie, so they took a Brand New 1991 Dodge Stealth and converted it into the body of a Banshee (or Something close to it.)

I remember seeing on an E! show and/or "Regis and Kathie Lee" when DH said he was pretty enthusiastic about the Knight 4000 vehicle around the time before the "Knight Rider 2000" TV movie aired on NBC.
Hope that will answer your question...

Anybody have a pic of the Dodge Stealth Knight 4000? I've never even heard of it!

Spidey323 wrote:Anybody have a pic of the Dodge Stealth Knight 4000? I've never even heard of it!

BAM!!



The only part of the car that was left alone was the greenhouse (roof and all the glass areas) and the doors. The interor except for the custom made dash/steering wheel was still all stock Dodge Stealth.

Thanks, Dave! I didn't realize that's what the car was called from Knight Rider 2000. I had no idea there was a Dodge Stealth under there! I didn't really like that car, I thought the nose was too long, the rear was too big, and the tires were too small. I remember watching the movie in 1991 and being very disappointed that KITT had lost his original body. I taped the movie and kept watching the intro, and the flashback scenes when Devon was dying to get my old-school KITT fix.

here are some pictures of the car being created :

http://www.kr2k.com/bts1.html

Yea I didn't really liked KIFT ether, I find it kinda dorky. I did find it funny seeing KITT as a '50's Chevy though... Could someone post a pic of it.

Jay_n1 wrote:Yea I didn't really liked KIFT ether, I find it kinda dorky. I did find it funny seeing KITT as a '50's Chevy though... Could someone post a pic of it.

Here it is:

Hee hee, that is funny

I agree! I didn't like the Knight 4000 vehicle either! I mean, look at it. It's ugly... The Knight Rider vehicle should be black and yes, the front was too long, the back as too big and the tires were to small (small silver rims, come on). Look's like a ugly red boat to me, except for the tires of course!

You may have preferred it as a real banshee?

The Banshee is still a pretty crazy looking vechile but at least its design is more balanced than that of the Knight 4000.

i wish they would have waited 2 years and made the movie in 93 and used a brand new 93 TA, KIFT might have looked something like this (my real car btw, its actually a 95, but the 93 looked almost identical)

pdennis93 wrote:i wish they would have waited 2 years and made the movie in 93 and used a brand new 93 TA, KIFT might have looked something like this (my real car btw, its actually a 95, but the 93 looked almost identical)

It would be better.

I love the 4th Gen T/As as well! They do look like a combination of the old KITT and the KIFT, actually. Maybe they'll use a 4th Gen in the new movie...? We'll have to wait and see.

In a episode, i noticed they made a little mistake when Karr was re-discovered.
Not sure if i was see-ing things however, when that couple on the beach hopped in Karr, and then Karr sped up the hill from the beach to the road.
It was actually the exact car as Kitt, didnt have the silver on the bottom.

The only problem with using a 4th gen T/A is that the movie was set in the year 2000, so it woulda kinda looked old hat as it would have been a 7 year old model...

I think that's why they went for something bespoke that was at least based on a futuristic concept (the Banshee) and the fact that it wasn't going into production helped it by making it stand out from the crowd.

Shame the KIFT looked like a Tonka toy because of it's short wheelbase...

mickhq wrote:In a episode, i noticed they made a little mistake when Karr was re-discovered.
Not sure if i was see-ing things however, when that couple on the beach hopped in Karr, and then Karr sped up the hill from the beach to the road.
It was actually the exact car as Kitt, didnt have the silver on the bottom.

KARR didn't get the 2 tone paintjob until later in that episode - initially he looked exactly the same as KITT (as in Trust Doesn't Rust) - which is why the cop pulled Michael - mistaken identity...

Radicalas wrote:

Jay_n1 wrote:Yea I didn't really liked KIFT ether, I find it kinda dorky. I did find it funny seeing KITT as a '50's Chevy though... Could someone post a pic of it.

It almost looks like K.I.T.T. has a face with that car. Also, I hated the whole concept with him being in a '57 Chevy. He's state-of-the-art! Keep him that way! I'd actually prefer him in the "big red tomato" and to scrap the Chevy idea.

I don't know I liked that but of course I am bases since I like old cars..

OMG - just did a Google search for Pontiac Banshee and found this pic:



KIFT could have been that beautiful....

If only.

In my opinion if they was going to use a Dodge Stealth they should have just modified the interior, and maybe a slight custom nose job just to outfit the scanner and left it at that, in the end it will still look like a Dodge Stealth not a fake Banshee

K.I.F.B.-Knight Industries Fake Banshee lol.