Posted in Automobiles, Cars, Celebrity cars, David Hasselhoff, Exotic Cars, Knight Rider, News, Oddities on April 4th, 2007
One of the four Pontiac Trans Ams modified to play the part of KITT in the seventies television series, Knight Rider, is up for sale. If you’re into collecting specials, this could be for you, provided you have a spare $150,000 floating around, of course. It is not street legal and is most likely to go to a collection, therefore.
It does have the fancy red scanning light at the front but the rest of the gear is mostly for show only. And David Hasselhoff isn’t part of the deal, although I’m not sure whether that’s a plus or a minus.
Posted in Classic cars, Exotic Cars, Ferrari 250 GTO, Ferrari 250 LM, History, Italian cars, Videos, YouTube on April 2nd, 2007
In October last year I wrote of the Ferrari 250 GTO, the classic GT car that sets the standard for all the others. At the time, I was unaware of YouTube but have been digging around and found several clips that enable us to experience the GTO more immediately.
Listen to the sound of twelve cylinders working in sweet harmony in these clips, the throaty voice of six twin-choke Weber carburetors, the awe-struck voices of the onlookers. It may be a forty year old design now but it still reigns supreme.
Tuning a 250 GTO with a little road test afterwards.
Just a GTO - it’s enough!
And this is what it sounds like in its natural home, the track.
And here’s an interesting little clip:
The Ferrari 250 LM, the mid-engined car that replaced the 250 GTO. Almost as desirable…