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SEMA 2008: K.I.T.T. helps sell Knight Rider GPS for Mio
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There were a lot of movie and TV-themed vehicles at SEMA this year, but one of our favorite entertainment tie-ins had to be the Mio Knight Rider GPS system. We told you about this way back in June, played with it when the new K.I.T.T. visited the Autoblog Garage, and messed with it some more in Vegas. It sounds exactly like you'd hope it would. "Michael, you're going the wrong way, you ninny," isn't in the regular playlist, but it did have some attitude. Even better than laying hands on the Mio, however, was the fact that K.I.T.T. ( no, not the Mustang) was actually in the Mio booth selling the product. It was almost too much to handle. As we told you in June, the Mio Knight Rider GPS unit uses the voice the one-and-only William Daniels, the original voice of K.I.T.T., and asks cordially "Hello Michael, where do you want to go today?" when powered up. The 4.3-inch LCD display is also flanked by a series of red LEDs reminiscent of K.I.T.T.'s nose-mounted lights. It's available for sale now at about $270.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Christian de Saint Preux 12:28PM (11/09/2008)
Now this is Kitt!
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Torrent 8:53PM (11/09/2008)
I still think Knight rider would be more entertaining with this original Pontiac than the Mudstank GT500KR
tankd0g 12:48PM (11/09/2008)
No need for a heater with that dash display!
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thedevilish10 10:19PM (11/09/2008)
Out of all the cars out there , its two cars that make me scream like a 10 year old girl in a candy store , the other is a certain DMC-12
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Dean 8:35AM (11/10/2008)
Between this, and ECTO-1, it's hard to decide which was the coolest car at SEMA. Throw in the Back to the Future DeLorean, and the decision becomes even harder.
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Daniel 9:34AM (11/10/2008)
A few nights ago I just happened to turn on the tv and the original Knight Rider was playing. I got excited and watched all of it and realized just how much better the original series is over this new series. I'm not an American car kind of guy but that old KITT is so very cool. It still looks awesome.
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Slipstream 12:33PM (11/10/2008)
Wow! K.I.T.T. as my GPS, I'm sold. My brother has a Tomtom and he got a load of celebrity voices from Navtones.com but I think when I get the Knight Rider GPS I will be putting his Mr. T and Dennis Hopper to shame. Navtones is powering the voice on the Knight Rider GPS so I know it is going to be good and the real thing.
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