Das Auto: David Hasselhoff and Heidi Klum endorse VW
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/09/das-auto-david-hasselhoff-and-heidi-klum-endorse-vw/'; David and the talking car Updated 04/11/2008 Yep, The Hoff loves talking to a black car. And singing. No wonder he accepted to be in the latest VW ad campaign “Das Auto” then, since he does both in. He’s being interviewed by Max, an old but shiny Beetle -a.k.a. the original volkswagen, “the people’s car”-, who reminds him how succesful... Read More
Team Knight Rider (1997)
digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/30/team-knight-rider-1997/\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\; To be fully prepared when the ‘08 Knight Rider pilot comes on, we thought you guys should know about some of the previous attempts to bring the show back. One of them was Team Knight Rider, a 1997 spin-off that lasted only 22 episodes, and was canceled in 1998… “Ten years ago, all it took…was one man, and one car, to get the job done” The... Read More
Shelby GT500KR KITT: official Ford press release
800×600 wallpaper digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/26/shelby-gt500kr-kitt-official-ford-press-release/\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\; While researching some info about the new Knight Rider design, we stumbled upon the official Ford’s press release and found out some interesting facts. KR On January 10th we were talling about the KR suffix used for the new Shelby Mustang, and what a coincidence it was: “By the way, did you notice that originally... Read More
2008 Knight Rider hero interview
Meet Justin Bruening, the guy who’s going to be the son of Michael Knight: Mike Tracer (I know…) and watch the presentation of the new KITT on NBC’s website. I could have embeded the videos or given the direct links from NBC, but for some reason their links don’t go where they supposed to… However, here’s a good YouTube find, originaly aired on G4. Read More
The Knight Rider in the TIME
digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/08/the-knight-rider-in-the-time/\\'\\\\\\\\\; This just in: we’ve done our homework and read this week’s TIME and, in the People section, found an article about the upcoming two-hour Knight Rider episode. While we don’t know what KITT is doing on the same page with the Hilton sisters and Jennifer Garner (after all, the magazine has its own Televison and Movies sections), it’s good to see that... Read More
New Knight Rider TV spot
NBC has just released a second TV spot for the new show. Funny and enticing! Source: Knight Rider Online via Autoblog Read More
The Knight Rider, 2008 edition
Just in case you didn’t know yet, the Knight Rider is ALSO being remade in 2008 and will be on NBC starting February 17th, with a big 2 hours special.That’s really exciting and we’ve been wondering for years why there were no good car-centered TV shows being done anymore. But… why the heck did they choose a Mustang?The original version of the show, with David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, the hero, and a modified 1982 Pontiac Trans-Am as KITT, his... Read More
