SINGAPORE – To readers who grew up in the 1980s, the car featured here may revive hazy memories of a slightly cheesy television series called Knight Rider.
In the original series, which ran from 1982 to 1986, lead actor David Hasselhoff’s character was assisted by a talking, self-aware, self-driving Pontiac Firebird Trans Am named Kitt (short for Knight Industries Two Thousand) in his weekly mission to fight the baddies.
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