The nose and dashboard of the car were designed by design consultant Michael Scheffe.
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The car used as KITT in the series was a customized 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, that cost US$100,000 to build (equivalent to about $266,000 in 2018). Basehart's voice, however, is heard throughout the series, narrating over the intro and outro.
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Peter Parros as Reginald Cornelius III aka RC3 (Season 4), driver of the FLAG mobile unit and occasional sideman for Michael and KITT.The connection between the two was never established in any installments.
The character was written out when Patricia McPherson returned. Rebecca Holden as April Curtis (Season 2), chief technician for KITT.The character was dropped after the first season, but due to strong fan reaction and lobbying by Hasselhoff and Mulhare, she was returned for the third season and remained through the end of the series. Bonnie Barstow (Seasons 1, 3–4), KITT's chief technician and romantic tension for Michael. He was also the spokesman for FLAG whenever it came under scrutiny.
Michael and KITT are brought in during situations where "direct action might provide the only feasible solution". The other half of this pilot program is the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), a heavily modified, technologically advanced Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with numerous features, including an extremely durable shell and frame, controlled by a computer with artificial intelligence. Wilton selects Michael to be the primary field agent in the pilot program of his public justice organization, the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). Self-made billionaire Wilton Knight rescues police Detective Lieutenant Michael Arthur Long after a near fatal shot to the face, giving him a new identity (by plastic surgery) and a new name: Michael Knight.