Knight Rider

:For the American media company, see Knight Ridder.

Trivia

• Although widely believed to have never appeared on screen during an episode of Knight Rider, William Daniels, the voice of KITT, does appear briefly in the pilot episode as an uncredited car thief.
• The cars KARR and KITT were modified Pontiac Trans Ams.
• The Trans Am body is designed for speeds up to 300 mph, meaning the airfoils in KITT's super pursuit mode are unnecessary. A Trans Am with totally standard body proved this at Bonneville during Speed Week. However, KITT's altered configuration gave him greater maneuverability at higher speeds.
• According to a Glen A. Larson, in his interview on the Season One DVD, after the show became a big hit, Pontiac dealerships across the country were swamped with calls and visitors looking for the black Trans Am model that had KITT's features. Many people were practically laughed out of the dealership after learning the car really didn't exist. Toward the end of the first season, in a formal letter to Universal Studios, General Motors kindly asked them to never refer to KITT as a "Pontiac" or a "Trans Am" ever again. From then on KITT was just called KITT.
• KITT's red scanner was a carryover from Glen A. Larson's previous television series, Battlestar Galactica.
• The opening title narration (used from "Good Day At White Rock," season 1, onwards) was spoken by Richard Basehart (who played Wilton Knight):
  "Knight Rider". A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law."
• KITT had a California license plate that read "KNIGHT"
• David Hasselhoff's ex-wife Catherine Hickland starred in 3 Knight Rider episodes. After their divorce, she went on to marry Michael E. Knight, a soap opera star.