Actor David Hasselhoff auctioned off his cute KITT.

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Sold for US$300,000
From science fiction to self-driving cars

Find out how much the new owner of Fantastic Machine paid

American actor David Hasselhoff put KITT up for auction, this is cute "intelligent auto" who catapulted him to fame in the 80s, in the TV series "Knight Rider"Known as “Fantastic car”, in some Latin American countries.

KITT auction, a Modified Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, was done through Living auctioneers, a company based in the United Kingdom, where the estimated price ranged from $175,000 to $300,000, although a dollar bid stood out early in the auction.

In addition, there were other bids that, while not approaching a million dollars, were still in excess of $300,000, but it is unknown why they disappeared from the auction house's list, surprising the end of the auction.

Sold for US$300,000

So, KITT (Knight Industry Two Thousand), also known as "The Incredible Machine", ended up selling for $300,000.

David Hasselhoff allocated at the beginning of the auction, called "Hoff Auction ».that if KITT had been sold for more than $300,000, he would personally have gone to deliver the "fantastic car", but since that didn't happen, the actor didn't commit to delivering a modified Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, one of the cars featured in the famous serial x.

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It is important to note that there were several Pontiac Firebird Trans Am cars that were part of the famous Fantastic Car series, and one of them was exactly what the famous American actor auctioned off.

Perhaps the younger generation does not know KITT, who marked an entire era in the field of intelligent cars, who always helped to pay tribute to his owner Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff), and also always bailed him out of trouble.

From science fiction to self-driving cars

And the fact is that KITT is undoubtedly the symbol of artificial intelligence applied to cars, although he was only in science fiction, he had his own "personality", but he set a precedent for today's autonomous cars.

KITT and David Hasselhoff rose to fame in a series created by Glen A. Larson and released in the 80s by Universal, where the main character Michael Knight (Hasselhoff) was an advocate for the poor and delivered justice with his car. who possessed the ability to "speak and make decisions".

When the vigilante duo were separated, Michael Knight contacted KITT via smartwatch to pick him up and rescue him from sticky situations.