It seems like everything from the ’80s is making a re-appearance these days – the decade’s fashion, music, government, even its riots – and now, amazingly, the indestructible talking car that helped David Hasselhoff annihilate forces of evil.

A replica of KITT, the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am installed with artificial intelligence in the 1982-1986 hit TV show Knight Rider, has been created by an enthusiast and a new video on YouTube has given viewers a detailed look.

Chris Palmer from Detroit may be a toned-down version of Michael Knight, sans crime-fighting, but his 1991 Trans Am GTA is his pride and joy.

The car is a spitting image of the one driven by David Hasselhoff in 80s classic Knight Rider (Picture: YouTube/Hagerty)

‘I’ve been working on this car for about three years,’ he said.




He was just three when he started watching the popular TV show and felt so affected by the ‘coolest car there is’ that he had to have one.

He used screenshots from the show to get an idea of what he needed to do and spent numerous hours working on his creation, bidding on items on eBay and hunting out miscellaneous parts.

The dashboard seen here was bought second-hand, yet new costs in the region of £6,500 (Picture: YouTube/Hagerty)

The dashboard is fully functional with sounds that are exactly the same as in the TV show (Picture: YouTube/Hagerty)

His car’s second-hand dashboard boasts video screens and looks exactly like the one owned by the ‘Hoff, which would have cost in the region of $10,000 (£6,500) brand new.

KITT, which stands for Knight Industries Three Thousand, has ‘got way more attention’ than Mr Palmer expected, while his license plate even reads KNI6HT.

A fitting name (Picture: YouTube/Hagerty)

‘It was totally worth it – more than worth it,’ said Palmer. ‘I love this car. Everybody seems to love this car.’

Quite right too.