Auction Action: GT500KR KITTs already on the block
The Barrett-Jackson auctions have seen no shortage celebrity cars cross the block, but is the sale of a pair of KITTs at the upcoming Palm Beach event a sign that the series has already succumbed to its crushing craptasticality? Given the movie’s ratings, that’s unlikely. It seems, rather, that we’re going to be stuck with NBC’s awful retread of a not-very-good original, and these auctions appear to have been in the works for a while. The proceeds from the sale of auction lots 665 and 665.1 — a “normal” and an Attack Mode KITT — will benefit Ford’s Salute to Education charity. While we can all hope that the new Knight Rider either gets better – at least to be as bad as the original would be laudable – or is put down mercifully, Ford’s scholarship program will be the big winner when someone ponies up for these ponycars.
[Source: CarsPlusMovies]
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