Long before actor and musician* David Hasselhoff ran in bare-chested slow motion across the beaches of Bay Watch, kids of the early 1980s had the hots for The Hoff’s 1982 Pontiac Trans Am, “K.I.T.T.”.

Not only could K.I.T.T. wow you with its T-top coolness and awesome oscillating red light, that son of a gun could talk too.  If that doesn’t make for one iconic car of the 1980s, then what does?

 * EDITORIAL NOTE: David Hasselhoff is only considered a “musician” in Germany.  By USA standards, he’s an actor only—a fantastic one, granted, but just an actor, nonetheless.

There are plenty of sweet specifications on the original K.I.T.T. that no longer sound like a Phillip K. Dick hallucinatory dream. 

For example, K.I.T.T.’s ability to both receive and place a telephone call is quite ho-hum by today’s standards. 

As post-pandemic traffic picks back up, here are some of the top specs from K.I.T.T. that could make our commute way more fun

One could argue that it was David Hasselhoff’s rugged machismo and indefatigable charisma that powered K.I.T.T.’s obvious sex appeal.

This is unlikely though, as proven by the real 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. 

In fact, the ’82 Trans Am’s ability to make both women and men swoon was not due to The Hoff’s animal magnetism. No sir or madame. This was due to the removable T-tops and to a lesser degree their auto grade safety glass. 

Much like the original mullet, no man or woman can resist the magic of a car with T-tops. Well, no man or woman that speaks the truth, that is.

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