Best mash-up ever! General Lee/KITT/A-Team van
This brilliant illustration comes from Lunchbreath, a skilled artist with a great sense of humor. It’s part of a full set of Unsolicited Proposals to Detroit that he posted on Flickr and we highly recommend a visit. Don’t miss his visit to the 2010 Chicago Autoshow or his impressions from the Houseware Trade Show either! Read More
Sunday Ads: Ford American Idol commercials
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/25/sunday-ads-ford-american-idol-commercials/'; Ford has once again came up with very specific commercials based around a sole popular TV show, and we selected three of them to share with you guys. You might remember the ads specificaly made for the new Knight Rider pilot, involving KITT, Mike Tracer (Justin Bruening) and pretty much every Ford vehicle equipped with SYNC. Well, they did about the same thing with the finalists from... Read More
eBay Madness: Airwolf replica
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/15/ebay-madness-airwolf-replica/'; OK, we hear you, it’s not a car, but as we stated before, we’re pretty open to any kind of cool movie vehicle and, secondly, Airwolf was probably pitched to the networks as “Think Knight Rider, but in an helicopter” (completely different from Street Hawk, which was pitched as “Knight Rider, but on a bike”). That said, the futuristic chopper and its awesome theme... Read More
KITT could be a Volvo
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/04/kitt-could-be-a-volvo/'; What if KITT was a Volvo? And not a new one, mind you: the finest exemple of Swedish crafstmanship, a.k.a the 240 station wagon? YouTube’s user Hakanson and his friends wanted to see by themselves and put together a nicely done video with a tricked out (read “an extra cashier, some duct tape and a few stickers”) 240, shot in a deserted place outside Stockholm. The result is hilarious! Watch... Read More
The 5 Best David Hasselhoff’s music videos (feat. KITT)
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; When looking for the VW ad with The Hoff, we stumble upon some of his greatest music moments (like the Limbo Dance song, and we laughed so hard we had to show them here. Well actually, sometimes we had to stop watching or skip some parts to make it bearable, but still. Surprisingly, KITT is part of the action in most of them, which made us wonder what kind of publicity move that was… So if you’re ready, click on “Read more”... Read More
Sunday Ads: Cadbury “Airport trucks racing”
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; Okay. We already shared some ads with you guys this week: the Hoff and Heidi Klum for Volkswagen, and the newest Iron Man TV spot. Now we’d like to share this Cadbury ad we first saw on Autoblog. We called it “Airport trucks racing” because it describes it perfectly. Not a single piece of chocolate during the whole video, but awesomely customized airport vehicles laying some rubber down (better than KITT My Ride? One of Queen’s... Read More
This week: interview with Harald Belker
CARS + MOVIES had the privilege to spend an hour with famed designer Harald Belker, whose impressive credits include the Batmobile from Batman & Robin, the GTO from xXx, the vehicles from Minority Report, the crazy car from The Cat in the Hat, the shuttle from Armageddon, the new KITT from Knight Rider… and many more! Stay tuned to learn more about his work, how KITT was created and what exciting projects he’s working on. Read More
KITT My Ride wallpapers
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/08/kitt-my-ride-wallpapers/'; By popular demand, here are our KITT My Ride wallpapers, to give your desktop that tasteful note it was missing. Widescreen 1280 x 800, 1680 x 1050 Standard 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200 Read More
“KITT my Ride” on NBC
Is this what they mean? Update: download our KITT My Ride wallpapers! digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/05/kitt-my-ride-on-nbc/'; A couple days ago, the good guys at The Knight Rider Online revealed NBC’s online strategy for the new Knight Rider series, scheduled to debut this fall: “Knight Rider” – Fans of the show will find a “KITT” My Ride feature, weekly KITT voicemails to mobile subscribers, talking KITT e-cards and streaming... Read More
Knight Rider is back, what’s next in the revival pipeline? (part I)
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/03/knight-rider-is-back-whats-next-in-the-revival-pipeline-part-i/';Nostalgia and revivals are in full force these days (lack of creativity? lazyness? good idea? need to go back to a more comfy era during our uncertain times?) and KITT is on TV again, so what’s next? Here’s a three-part overview. The A-Team Yep, one of the all-time crowd favorites will be back in 2009, but as a movie, which seems to be the big trend... Read More
