Knight Rider

This blog is dedicated to one thing and one thing only. Yes you guessed it, it’s the famous and the iconic Knight Rider car or should I say Pontiac Firebird Trans AM famously driven by the one and only David Hasselhoff. This was one of the coolest and innovative cars ever to be shown in television. For those of you who have either heard and/or watched this crime action TV series in the 80s, I’m sure you would’ve been mesmerized by this creation. The show was created and produced by the legendary Glenn Larson and became an instant megahit as soon as it aired in September 1982 and ran successfully until 1986. So what was it about this car that made it so unique, popular and attracted so much attention? Well for one the car was nearly indestructible and was controlled by a computer with artificial intelligence. That’s right no ordinary weapon could damage this beauty and the car had its own mind; it could talk to the driver just like a human being, it could make rational decisions and in many cases protected Michael Knight (the hero) from various dangers. At the time various TV shows emerged which were highly innovative and creative which challenged the boundary between fantasy and reality. In this day and age you might say well this car can actually be produced and it can function even better than the one on the show.

However that not the point of this; put yourself into the mindset of those early days when having a computer was considered luxury item and internet was not even born. Can you imagine what the reaction would’ve been like when people saw for the first time that car could communicate, interact and make rational decisions and even go as far as save the driver’s life? Come to think of it, it would’ve been absolutely wild. I certainly loved the car with its sleek and innovative design and features, it was quite the catch. Aside from its intelligence capabilities, the car was protected by thermal-resistant coating which could withstand temperatures over 420 degrees Celsius. It also equipped itself with turbo boost which when launched could make the car jump and easily Passover obstacles on the road. On top of that there was also an anamorphic equalizer which was a fiber-optic array of electronic eyes that could scan all wavelengths and different patterns and bars. Amazingly apart from having various cruise modes and other electromagnetic capabilities, the car had the amazing ability to run silently, much like the bat-mobile in batman begins. I could go on and on about the other million feature the car was equipped with by its creators. But the bottom line is that it’s an advanced automobile machine that can much more than what any car in any era in reality can. Trust me if I could I would do anything to get my hands onto one of these.References