Forget the black Pontiac Trans-am with LEDs dancing in front. As of now, that will only be as distant a memory as David Hasselhoff as a chick magnet. The new K.I.T.T for the Knight Rider comeback just might be a Shelby GT500KR.

Hot off the rumor mill that the new K.I.T.T. will be a Mustang looks very much true with this image. Unless of course, someone with a lot of time and a lot of money would play around with a Shelby GT only to make it look like it’s from a TV dinner classic. Not much for nostalgia trips but the idea that the crime-fighting car packs 500 horses is quite a real show of muscle.The Shelby’s still equipped with the red light bar but it has been transfered on the hood just over the wide Shelby screen.

Fan service? Not really. Much like with how you totally mess up with nostalgia trips just to create more opportunities for companies to do their in-show sponsorship and advertising. I’m not all to excited with this news as I’m not that big of a fan of the Shelby. Now, if this were a Roush…

Source: Jalopnik via Autoblog