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KITT's Turbo Boost is an awesome car feature, right? So, every box-crashing, Styrofoam rock-smashing Turbo Boost sequence ever, packed into one video must be the most awesome thing ever, right? It is. Wikipedia defines Turbo Boost as: Used in most episodes, a series of rear mounted undercarriage rocket motors allows KITT to accelerate to incredible speeds in excess of 200 mph (322 km/h). When activated in combination with the Trajectory Guidance System and a pair of rocket motors mounted just behind the front tires that lifted the front of the car, KITT could jump 40 feet (12,2 m) into the...

Sources with the involved companies tell us this is the real car -- the actual car to be used in the show. But, because "it wasn't working at the effects studio yesterday," someone did photoshop the red light. Our detective work's paid off on yesterday's rumor on the new KITT. Now not only do we have off the record confirmation from the "involved parties" that KITT will lose the GM third generation F-body (and legions of mullet-swinging fans), but also that he'll be moving up a few steps on the horsepower ladder. That's right, everyone's favorite talking car (no, not...

It's as famous as David Hasselhoff, perhaps more beloved and for now it lives in Dublin.Knight Industries Two Thousand, the high-tech black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am that made its name in the 1980s TV show "Knight Rider" is for sale at a local dealership.Restored to its Season One glory, the talking car known as KITT is one of four documented "camera cars" used for close-up shots and scenes where Hasselhoff, who played Michael Knight in the series, was behind the wheel.Johnny "Vette" Verhoek of Kassabian Motors, where the car has been on display for about a month, deals with classic...

NEW YORK A report in today's San Jose Mercury-News confirms a Wall Street Journal story published Tuesday which revealed that Knight Ridder is telling prospective buyers that its profits can be sharply increased by cutting jobs and benefits and reducing the size of some of its 32 newspapers. Pete Carey, reporting for the Knight Ridder-owned Mercury-News, writes, "All interested parties have signed confidentiality agreements. But leaks of the company's projections already have begun. "The figures Knight Ridder is giving potential buyers are similar to those in a Morgan Stanley research report published in November. The report, by analyst Douglas Arthur,...

George Clooney, festival King From Venice Wolfgang Hoebel reports Of Italy newspapers make it like women from all world: It skies Hollywoods most beautiful actor on. The George Clooney rejoicing lets the fear of terrorist attacks on the Lido forget temporarily. Clooneys new film is by the way also rather good. A little war game must be, there can for us the whole terror insanity remain nevertheless stolen! Highest uncertainty phase, one read, prevails this time with the film festivals at the Lido, because one had fear before the Islamic murderer luggage - after half six in the opening afternoon,...

Joe Radzierez wasn't hot for David Hasselhoff when "Knight Rider" hit the small screen in 1982. Radzierez was panting for the car. The Henryville man was 18 when "Knight Rider" debuted. Immediately, he was a fan. Not so much of the show. Oh, no -- for Radzierez, it was all about the car. Then and there he decided he must have KITT. "I was a man on a mission," he said. KITT (which stands for Knight Industries Two Thousand) was the cool ride of Michael Knight (played by Hasselhoff). Eight years after the fateful moment when he knew he must...

(Knight-Rider) Lincoln, Neb. - Sally Wright once walked the halls of her high school with a cheerful smile on her face. Now she walks the halls with a scarf wrapped around her mouth. Sally's lower jaw was removed earlier this year in an effort to stop the spread of the cancer which is eating away at her mouth. At 16, Sally is a tragic victim of smokeless tobacco-related mouth cancer, a tragedy worsened by the fact that she has never taken as much as a pinch of snuff in her life. But the same doesn't apply to her boyfriend "Carl."...

New car to take on Knight Rider A new car has been described as the modern day Kitt from Knight Rider. Kitt from the TV show told driver Michael Knight how he was feeling, how to beat the villains and how to act. Swiss engineers have unveiled an interactive concept car known as the Senso. The Senso runs on natural gas and determines the driver's mood by measuring biometric data and then adjusts the environment accordingly. If the car detects an increase in heart rate or erratic driving it uses a selection of relaxing colours, music and even smells to...

'Knight Rider' Heads to Big ScreenMon Apr 14, 9:06 PM ETLOS ANGELES (AP) - The 1980s television series "Knight Rider" and its crime-busting, talking car are revving up for the big screen. The drama starred David Hasselhoff (news) as Michael Knight, owner of the high-tech Pontiac Trans Am known as K.I.T.T. The film is planned as an action comedy, Daily Variety reported Monday.This time, Hasselhoff will serve as executive producer for the Revolution Studios project, the trade paper said. Glen A. Larson, who created the TV show, is among the producers. It's not yet known who will star in the...