Does KARR Still Exist? Breaking down the Trans Ams Used as KITT's Evil Twin in "Knight Rider"

[@MoonsingerMedia]

It’s just too bad that the show runners didn’t seem to understand the immense appeal KARR had. They should have had more episodes with it. And such a missed opportunity to not pair Garth with KARR.

[@pdennis93]

The video game in 2002 had Garth and karr. If knight rider had been given a 5th season, I believe KARR would have returned. Remember at the end of KVK, his cpu was still blinking indicating he was still alive. He likely would have been placed into a new car by some evil ex employee or something, similar to the episode killer KITT.

[@Spokavriel]

@@pdennis93 Or to have access to a body with a molecularly bonded shell, installed in a salvaged Goliath.

[@CrabHead501]

@@pdennis93 yup, in 2002 knight rider the game and in 2004 knight rider the game 2

[@Wannagobackto1980]

Me and you are on the same wavelength. I could've sworn I saw a episode when I was a kid but I guess I mustve dreamed it.

[@benconway9010]

Yeah that would of been an idea

[@Mytimekid]

My all time favourite Knight Rider antagonist, K.A.R.R was brilliant.

[@HyperActive7]

:D You pathetic human, why is it you try to sabotage me? I pity your weakling attempts at trying to silence me when you should think about your own miniscule life I could end at the flip of a switch!

[@johnclements9968]

So sad to hear of the sheer amount of Trans Ams "crushed" after the show ended. The stories they could tell about the action they were a part of.. At least Knight Rider Historians keeps them a part of the narrative, even though they no longer exist.

[@VauxhallViva1975]

Why were they crushed? Could they not have on-sold them?

[@Samuel-gc6js]

@@VauxhallViva1975 A train derailed full of cars. They gave some to Knight Rider. Agreement was those cars would be crushed when the show ended as the cars couldn't be sold on because of Californian law. I believe 5 KITT's still exist which the studio bought outright.

[@pedrorodriguez2755]

@@Samuel-gc6js Yes. There are 5 KITTs that exist today, and 1 of them is one of the two convertible KITTs built by George Barris. A 6th "normal" KITT is believed to exist, but its fate is unknown.

[@williamhaynes7089]

@@VauxhallViva1975 - some they couldn't sell as they Historians tell...

[@mrbojangles8133]

can you imagine the KARR system installed in Goliath

[@wondersisters4869]

I never understood why Devon didn't send a Foundation team to collect the remains of K.A.R.R. and thus avoid that nobody could take one and that the molecular shielding ended up in the wrong hands. A huge script glitch.

[@nasacanesfan2574]

Devon was too busy demanding an explanation from Michael for telling John that he would get a $5000 reward for recovering KARR which just happened to be the downpayment needed to buy the shop from Eddie hahahaha

[@danielc5205]

Back when I was a kid my family only had a three channels on their UHF t.v. When a show like Knight Rider came on, I was almost as exciting as Christmas morning, times were simpler back then.

[@Blackinterceptor999]

Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazzard, A-Team, AirWolf, MacGyver... Kids these days may make fun of us, but at least we had cool shows...And MTV still had MUSIC.

[@cortarelva]

In my country there were only two channels and one only worked from 5 pm untill 10pm.

[@bustyrandit]

I grew up in a similar situation living in a very rural area of N. Mid-TN. in the 80s. We had the 3 networks, PBS, and an ABC affiliate from Bowling Green, KY. If the weather cooperated, we might get 2 UHF channels from Nashville. I only watched cable when at "Ma n Pa s" in Lafayette, TN.

[@frtknokr583]

I have the exact same memories!!!!!

[@frtknokr583]

I lived, as I do again in the Cleveland, Ohio area. We had three channels, and UHF. Whenever Knight Rider cane on you could bet that I was glued to that TV.

[@richardmattocks]

Brilliant video, but I now hate the word “crushed” 🥵

[@ben8447]

I love KARR. When I was a kid he scared me a lot. Especially when they find him buried under the sand. I remember as a kid going to a beach and remembering it and thinking "What if KARR was buried under here?" My worry about evil cars didn't ease when I watched Christine with my brother. Now of course, they are my dream cars!

[@benconway9010]

You nutcase...lol

[@lindoralindt4131]

Can u imagine Garth Knight teaming up with Karr?😳😳

[@kjpierson1152]

Be a good boy, or Optimus KARR will be under you when we bury you in the sand!

[@bronxite450]

@@lindoralindt4131 Missed story line for sure.

[@ronanvave560]

Love that film Christine.

[@sccarguy8242]

Sadness that so many cars were destroyed after the show :(

[@magiccheeseball]

Yeah I'm sure people would have even bought smashed ones if they sold them same with the Dukes of Hazzard cars.,sucks they would just junk them

[@connectorxp]

At least they were used for some sort rather than destroyed directly as required. Imagine that 4500 plus Mazdas that didn’t had a chance to be used in productions and were recycled faster than used soft drinks cans.

[@enrage6073]

Some french guy who runs a film cars trade has one of them

[@magiccheeseball]

@@enrage6073 my brother has one in his garage for 10 years before that i saw it in warehouse at universal back lot and it was at the celebrities house who owns it before that that's as far back as i have seen it in person about 15 years ago. I put a video of it on my channel i will do another one with the battery charged

[@Spokavriel]

@@magiccheeseball California law to prevent someone getting a "new" car with an overlooked bit of dangerous damage from being in a shipping accident.

[@pennygadget7328]

Much as I loved Cullen's voice, Frees really nailed the character's progression from largely naive (if selfish) in his first appearance to bitter and cruel in his second. The Haunted Mansion narration also hits a lot differently when you realize it's KARR :D

[@CrashHeadroom]

"how's the pacemaker eddie...?"

[@nunyabeezwax6758]

Poor KARR :( Miss Cullen though no lie, wish he didn't have to become bitter and cruel from being unloved!

[@trevagraham1605]

The opening Scene of Trust Doesn't Rust was spooky as a child, and it's still a little spooky 39 years later.

[@jaxxbohol6475]

Always wondered why Garth never escaped jail and put the KARR CPU into a vehicle of his own design. Not Goliath so much, but a vehicle slick and as maneuverable as KITT !

[@nedsta7856]

Been a fan of knight rider since the early eighties and I can't get enough of these videos, knight rider historians great work 👏👏

[@JustinMacri007]

We need to stop having Hollywood crash TV movie cars it's people's memories judt put them in a museum or someting but crushing them.

[@Spokavriel]

@@JustinMacri007 The reason they were crushed goes back to the derailment. without the promise to crush them most of the cars would have never gotten used and been crushed anyway.

[@JustinMacri007]

@@Spokavriel ok

[@geraldleuven169]

That's amazing. It just happens that I also own a version of KITT bought on an auction. We should meet up and check each others KITT out.

[@lennymutt]

Man that's really sad that none of the KARRs with the two tone paint job are around anymore :(

[@user-or4dm1fv3f]

Peter Cullen totally nailed the voice of KARR. One of the best voice actors in the biz.

[@KilosFoxo]

Peter Cullen manages to get every role he plays perfectly

[@marcoparada6652]

.....he sounded just like Optimus Prime.

[@rickr442]

I always loved Jay Leno's take on the evil twin eps... 'You can tell they're twins, the OTHER guy can't act either!' The car did a better job.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Yeah, but he made the joke about David Hasselhoff

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

Dumb Question. Why the heck did they crush the cars? They should have been put in an auto museum/s. They are a HUGE peice of history.

[@johnkramer7161]

The crushed cars were part of the train derailment. Pontiac didn't want to take the chance that any of those cars would ever be sold to the public. So when filming ended the cars were crushed.

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

@@johnkramer7161 Oh. Ok. I understand. That is very sad to hear but I respect Pontiacs decision. Do correct me if I am wrong but I never knew the cars in the series was from a train derailment. Thank You Sooo. Much for the reply. It is sad news but I am glad you replied. Thanx so much for replying. Thankfully I can still enjoy them. Though even if it is on TV or DVD. Thanx again for the reply. It is greatly appreciated.

[@johnkramer7161]

@@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions- Not all of the cars. I think only 11-12 of them.This channel has done videos about the derailment if you're interested.

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

@@johnkramer7161 Ah OK. Thanx for the reply. I will have to check it out.

[@crgray1979]

They talk about in the commentary for the pilot

[@tarn1135]

The 2 color paint scheme was a huge thing in the 80’s, although the karr was the only one that was a “bad guy” vehicle.

[@obryan240]

The dune buggy car was on display at Universal studios parked on a dock in a big pond when I visited in about 1986 or so. Tour guide said it was a Volkswagen with KITT body to make it lighter for jumping.

[@audreyseddon9749]

I've always been fascinated by the character of KARR. I ended up writing a fanfiction about what might've happened to him. There were many missed opportunities with various characters in the series.

[@marimisheru]

Link please

[@digitalmagicAR]

Pretty neat that 2 KARRs were used as KARR again. Sad none that were painted two tone survived though. KARR was one of the best villains in film history

[@joaoluistavares6046]

To me, the very best.

[@morganrussman]

Too bad k.a.r.r didn't come back in the original shows run for a 3rd time, or the fact that the original show didn't last long enough for that to happen.

[@joaoluistavares6046]

@@morganrussman Around 2006/2007 I saw some articles saying that they had plans to bring K.A.R.R. back again on the 5th season. We saw that the computer remained working, so definitely we would have an even more dangerous vehicle coming back for vengeance+war. It didn't happen because NBC decided to cancel them.

[@morganrussman]

@@joaoluistavares6046 it is too bad that the show never got the 5th season it should have had. We could have gotten a plot where garth and K.a.r.r both team up, but, sadly, we didn't.

[@joaoluistavares6046]

@@morganrussman You know. I was actually avoiding saying that. Both together would have been devastating and too much for Michael and K.I.T.T. to handle. It would have to be either a three-part episode or a sequence with different episodes. At the same time, it would be great. But yeah. We can only wonder and remember would great it was to have this show.

[@popretro1]

Fascinating! Great video, as always! I'm guessing the KARR "debris" at the end of KITT vs KARR was easy enough to produce with all the scrapped-out parts lying around from those stunt cars.

[@seankent2036]

Yeah but they screwed that up to. The front nose that was laying on the ground was not silver and black

[@Spokavriel]

@@seankent2036 well the paint was on top of the shell maybe the silver burned off ;)

[@Juggernaut30]

KARRs best line was: I have no eggs, maybe you can direct me to a chicken. The german translations sounds funny....it`s like: I have no testicles.......😂 🤣

[@benconway9010]

😂😂😂

[@brandonlink6568]

My only complaint is all the missed opportunities to refer to them as the karr cars

[@RagdollRacingInc]

I used to watch Knight Rider when I used to go my aunt's and uncle's house when l was little

[@rsmith02]

I am impressed you managed to figure this all out!

[@vijayantgovender2045]

I always loved KARR and his two tone paint job thank you for sharing your wonderful videos I am from South Africa

[@seanwheat4078]

I too was crushed when the show ended.

[@cecwaterbury]

Yes, I do care about KARR!

[@knightmedia1]

Of course, not only did the car change from a season one to a season two, as well as the yellow scanner light, but also his voice changed, from Peter Cullen (optimus prime) for Trust Doesn't Rust, to Paul Frees for KITT vs KARR :-)

[@joaoluistavares6046]

That's right. Paul Frees made also a great job.

[@timkipping7454]

the Darker more Evil Ominous, version in my Opinion. and will be the Voice in my Replica. after voicing Optimus prime. i just can,t hear Cullen,s voice n think of him as Evil. lol

[@joaoluistavares6046]

@@timkipping7454 It's very interesting. When Peter Cullen played on Thrust Doesn't Rust, he was still more natural. Only when he went to Optimus Prime, as he said, he decided to do a voice similar to his deceased brother. That truck voice is just great...and yes, I also can't see that voice as an evil one.

[@orionpax3535]

I always tossed the yellow scanner up to the sun damage from the beach.

[@joaoluistavares6046]

@@orionpax3535 Nothing wrong with that. K.A.R.R. collided (after falling from very high while screaming "no") to the ground. Then stood there for around two years. Too much sun, a lot of sand. It created some damage to the scanner...

[@TheSeventhDeadlyMatador]

I loved KARR so much I made a Delorean version like they did with KITT in Ready player one except mine is based on the Degoryun From Carmageddon Max Damage. Only mine isn't completely evil as he is rebuilt with some of KITT's leftover parts after he was destroyed so he now has some level of a conscience and is like the terminator in terminator 2 where he learns value of life while still being reckless and rebellious at times. It's still in the works and I am still writing his story as he's part of something else that isn't really knight rider and is more a tribute to 80s culture.

[@charger19691]

If you think about it and from what I’ve learned over the years, about 25 Trans-Am’s and Firebirds in various configurations did all the heavy lifting for the whole run of the show. That’s an incredible accomplishment for a little over 2 dozen cars. AMAZING!!

[@panelvixen]

Scrolling through the comments looking to see if anybody did a "Well actually..." I spied a thumbnail of a video that had a car that looked like The Car that was supposed to be KARR going over the cliff.

[@FirstDan2000]

I'm often fascinated with the name on the Security truck driving over the bridge that Karr destroys. 'Arm-Trans' Is it just me, or is that a twist of the words Trans-Am?

[@benconway9010]

It's just you cos it would be Am-Trans....not arm-trans where the hell did you get from??

[@FirstDan2000]

Perhaps i should have said 'Is that a play on words?' If it just says Am-Trans, then nothing in the title suggests it's an Armoured vehicle. But adding the 'R' does. I know its a long shot- thats why i asked.

[@benconway9010]

@@FirstDan2000 oh

[@jaycarr1790]

Yea you're not alone lol

[@danielstorm281]

Never took note of the tan A-pillar car before. Now I will keep my scanners peeled 🤣👍🏻

[@SonnyGTA]

Go back to 1982. Look how futuristic that Trans Am looks! Look how much it stands out above everything else on the road!

[@TheDarkPhoenix23]

I'm a total airhead. I just realized you were the one with Jay Leno and the KITT car, and you literally live up the road from me. LOL. Awesome channel!

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

Going to have to watch this a couple more times, create a flow chart, maybe a poster with push pins and string to keep track of all this. Reminds me of "Who's on First?"

[@JNC1973]

One thing that always makes me scratch my head while watching KITT vs KARR is how KARR starts off all Black Paint and then about half way through the episode all of a sudden has the Silver bottom half. In the Episode they never mention it. They don't show who painted it or whose idea it was to do it. He just appears with the Silver paint job in the scene with the ATM Machine with no explanation. Makes me wonder if originally they do talk about about it and show him getting the paint job but they cut out that scene do to time ? Or maybe I missed a brief comment about it in the Episode even though I've seen this a million times lol ?

[@Spokavriel]

Only a brief comment is in the ep its KARRs idea.

[@BunkerAnon]

Always loved that Two Tone. Shame Garth and KARR never teamed up.

[@stolmich]

They teamed up in the Knight Rider Games.

[@FirstDan2000]

@@stolmich That was left handed. Those were great games.,

[@Saltybuher]

I felt sorry for the first KARR in Trust Doesn’t Rust. He did his best. He came across like a confused rejected child.

[@marimisheru]

Yes

[@agaziopanaia6012]

KARR: Not just a Car! I am Knight Automated Roving Robot. KARR if you Prefer I am Prototype of the Car of The Future 😎

[@crgray1979]

The guy who played John in kit vs karr was up for the part of Michael knight that went to David hasselhoff

[@crgray1979]

If knight rider had a 5 season. The perfect season premiere would been that Garth survived the cliff dive and has hidden out for the 3 years. So one day he discovered their were some parts to karr. So he decided to rebuild karr but first he kidnapped Bonnie to help rebuild karr or Garth would kill her then flag would bring back April just for this episode. And the end kit and Michael destroy karr and Garth forever

[@brettcooper3893]

Well that's basically being done right now on a Knight Rider channel from Germany that's producing very high quality animated new episodes. The latest episode, where Airwolf shows up at the end cliffhanger, has Garth and KARR teaming up. The next installment should be out soon.

[@mattayres371]

Sounds totally confusing! 😂

[@evanmarrs353]

Garth did build Goliath.....

[@jindrichsander9555]

@@brettcooper3893 the name of the channel/ series?

[@Gangster88232]

@@jindrichsander9555 Kadir Deniz

[@brentsmediacorner5976]

I had a chance to buy a replica KITT about 15 years ago. It was a promotional car used in Europe for the TV show / franchise, and was (now) in the Miami Area. Had real low miles, lots of bells and whistles. It was pretty cool. I wish I would have picked it up.

[@jaybob3143]

really enjoy your videos...recently bought the complete series to rewatch for first time since 80's

[@essbe7158]

It's awesome that you guys can tell us which car was used when and what each car's fate was.

[@jaycarr1790]

I dunno. At 3:49 they end car 4 description of karr with a still saying that car was destroyed. Then begin car 5 description saying karr jumps over kitt and it's literally the same scene half a second later saying karr is jumping over kitt and kitt is the car they just said was karr and was destroyed 😆

[@patientmental875]

i thought i was going to have to wait 2-3 years till we got to 3x06, awesome thanks!

[@crgray1979]

More like 34 weeks

[@paulyreyes]

I saw K.I.T.T. at Expo 88 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia probably was of my most memorable moments there.

[@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial]

Thats the car we currently own! Do you have any photos? We would love to see them! [e-mail]

[@paulyreyes]

​@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial I may have one that I can email to you.

[@ronanvave560]

I noticed when KARR went off the cliff that they used a snippet from a film called "The Car."

[@EngineerDaylight]

I absolutely Love KARR, He's one of My Favorite Characters.

[@musicalneptunian]

In the early 80's I was at the Royal Melbourne Show in Australia. There was a full size replica car of KITT. That is how huge the show got over here. KISS, Star Wars, Knight Rider and Ghostbusters were probably the biggest cultural exports from the US that got here. Knight rider IMHO was a great show when it had a good villain: KARR or the Juggernaut. But a lot the time it was good but not great without one.

[@Spokavriel]

86 it might have been screen used.

[@crushingvanessa3277]

So many details to look for when trying to figure this out. Good work.

[@DavidWhitley]

Anybody notice in Trust Doesnt Rust, KARR was wearing the silver stars from "Slammin Sammy's Stunt", you see him like that for just a few seconds as hes racing around with 2 bad guys in him

[@marimisheru]

Yeah

[@TSi99999]

Trust doesn't rust is an all time favorite. The sound and editing when they are speeding off the beach is epic. Then the chase.. Would have loved to have seen KARR captured and reprogrammed to be teamed up with RC3 like War Machine and Iron Man. They really missed a great opportunity there.

[@nicksspeedshop8664]

I grew up in the early 2000s watching Knight Rider thanks to my parents. The show sparked my love for american classic cars and I fell in love with Trans Ams. I'm planning to buy a 1991 Firebird and turn it into an exterior K.A.R.R. Replica. Sad all silver/black Trans Ams were crushed...

[@marimisheru]

Awesome

[@nicksspeedshop8664]

@@marimisheru Thanks, I own a '88 Firebird now, its gonna become a hot rod one day tho, not KARR anymore, guess dreams change

[@The07gt]

I love all these videos. Please keep them coming!

[@pdennis93]

I was actually talking about KARR on facebook in an 80s group yesterday. I was showing my knerdiness because someone posted a picture of KARR and optimis prime saying they were voiced by the same person, only they posted a pic of the 2 tone KARR from kvk. I explained that peter cullen did voice optimus prime and KARR in the season one episode trust doesn't rust but that the KARR pictured was from the season 3 ep and voiced by Paul frees.

[@seankent2036]

Is the actual CPU still laying out there in the desert somewhere? you know the Knight foundation never cleaned up after their messes..

[@RppRussell]

One thing always confuses me as a kid back then, is that in the first half on K.I.T.T vs K.A.R.R., KA.R.R was painted all black like K.I.T.T. was, but then in the second half of the episode, he somehow ended up having a two-tone colors of Black& silver. (So exactly how did that happen, storywise? And why?)

[@joey8r683]

i think karr convinced john to fix him up and thats how he gets the two tone

[@marimisheru]

@@joey8r683you are correct

[@DavidR-ub2dp]

Thanks for answering the questions I had in regards to K.A.R.R I always wondered what ever happened to them so sad that most of them were destroyed at the end of knight rider awesome and informative video thanks again

[@RepublicConstitution]

Kitt v Karr was one the coolest ideas ever.

[@marimisheru]

Yeah

[@wurlyone4685]

A summary with the whereabouts of the known KARR survivors would be good.

[@Minyassa]

I never thought I would say "dammit, Pontiac" so many times in ten minutes, but here we are.

[@dannyr2976]

_Trust Doesn't Rust_ is still my favourite episode, with an early appearance of the infamous double bonnet kit cover. The info about the 'flivver car' was good to know, and one of the jumps (KARR crashes through the shutters over KITT, my favourite shot) looks as if the front slightly lands in mid air, lol! And as a personal preference much preferred KARR with the red scanner bar and single paint scheme. Admittedly KARR in 'KITT vs KARR' was more sinister and sociopathic (stopping Eddie's pacemaker and going on to lure Christie to a completely blackened interior, as she screams and KARR screeches away shows this best!) but a plothole (well... sort of) about the existence of KARR is that the Foundation happens to have purchased and developed a previous Trans-Am before renovating Michael's personal car from the pilot episode?

[@jefffalks1519]

Was it ever addressed why KARR had a two tone paint job half way through KITT vs KARR? If so I don’t remember.

[@AndrewChapman]

Early in the episode, KARR says "My circuitry needs repairs and I want to alter my appearance." So I guess the two tone paint job was KARR's altered appearance.

[@pdennis93]

@@AndrewChapman yup. It's right after John parks KARR in the garage. I'm 99% sure I've actually seen a syndicated version of this episode where the short conversation is deleted and they just show john close the door. Then KARR tells john about his circuitry needing repaired and how he wants to alter his appearance. John says he's not interested and KARR says "as you wish" and then presumably goes and destroys Eddie's pacemaker. The scene where John gives eddie the $5000 in his office is also missing. This was right before John shows Eddie KARR. Both are there on the DVD's though.

[@bvanleeuwen254]

What about the Voice Boxes used for K.A.R.R.? Was the third season the first-second season stage dash modified for K.A.R.R's yellow voice box? And the first season variant seems to be completly separate from anything we have seen so far.

[@aleksandersilic283]

...the KARR mystery solved...thank you KRH for sharing your knowledge with us...

[@aligamerable]

If Knight Rider ever comes back as a series, I want KARR to be that one villain that Michael and KITT just can't get rid of. Always coming back in some way, shape or form. KARR reminds me of The Reverse Flash.

[@marimisheru]

Yeah

[@maximusprime3459]

"I was watching you deactivate The Rev."

[@joaoluistavares6046]

Now that's a proper K.A.R.R. introduction. Great to know what happened and also sad. But since they had to destroy the cars after the show ended, there was no choice. Interesting. Those two-tone weren't destroyed during the filming, but they all were destroyed after the show. Now, this may sound selfish but I gotta say it. I miss the original version of both episodes (and I would say also Goliath Return, but that's for another time). That's because I still remember the original version back in the 80s when we saw (Thrust doesn't rust) K.A.R.R. falling down and screaming out loud "No" followed by that v8 engine revving beautifully. Now the second time, I still remember even the original used soundtracks on the episode that were replaced. I got to know back in the 2000s decade (I think that David said it) some scenes were cut. Like the one K.A.R.R. tricked Mandy and kidnapped her. In the original version, we see him going really far as the camera raises really high (great scene, I don't know why it was cut). And that scene K.A.R.R. spins his front wheels for around five seconds before he goes breaking the door and trying to kill Michael. That's right around five seconds and not just that small spin. That was the impact that made him so evil. And of course, the final collision. I remember this one since I saw it the first time in the 80s, the second time around 92, and the third time on 95 (twice that year). We still can hear that beautiful sound of the cars when they jump. In this case, we hear 5 times. That's because on the original version we see one last time K.A.R.R.'s front one last time before exploding while K.I.T.T. moves forward like the great winner of the battle. From what I noticed, it seems that all (or almost all) episodes had cuts having the time reduced to 48 min approximately. Thank you for sharing this.

[@knightnorma08]

They must have picked up my sonar... DAMN manual override press TURBO BOOST A Pacemaker well well well

[@timothyj.harrington8952]

"DAMN! The time isn't right yet. But when next we meet, you won't escape!"

[@knightnorma08]

You might not me Aladdin but I am the genie ill make all your dreams come true

[@TSi99999]

Epic writing. Yes l want to eat, sleep and reproduce KARR 🤣

[@MotorScotti]

Thanks again guys! Incredible journey for one of the KARRs to go through become the acid gutted KITT to becoming the SPM close-up prop car.

[@bandittweintraub]

I love these videos on documenting the fates of the cars used.

[@wingerfan1]

I bet Universal is mad to this day that they crushed those cars knowing the future values of them would be substantial!

[@pscurti350]

Amazing how you figured all of this out. So just to be clear, the backup to the hero car that also portrayed KARR is the one currently in the Peterson or is it the other one?

[@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial]

That is correct! KARR is in the Petersen!

[@Spokavriel]

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial Oh no... Now some jerk will go to the Petersen and ask KARR how he's enjoying The Slammer.

[@marimisheru]

@@Spokavrielyes

[@AndrewChapman]

Sucks none of the KARRs with the two tone paint job survived. Oh well, glad I still have my 1:18 scale models of both KITT and KARR, where KARR has the two tone look.

[@spidermanfan.3161]

An interesting Knight rider channel that give depth into the facts, Cars and episodes and props they used COUNT ME IN

[@petermclachlan-wortley3339]

Brilliant Joe,that's me had many questions answered...certainly about KITTvKARR...please keep these coming...

[@BuiltTough1776]

I always wondered why half way through the episode of K.I.T.T. VS K.A.R.R. why K.A.R.R. got the two tone paint job, but didn’t have it at the beginning of the episode? Thanks, really enjoy the deep dived videos of my favorite television show!!

[@digitalmagicAR]

KARR tells the man he wants to alter his appearance part-way through the episode and they take him to the shop . It's easy to miss because the line is during a conversation

[@BuiltTough1776]

@@digitalmagicAR Yeah, I watched that episode so many times when I was younger to where now when I rewatch the show, I end up skipping that episode😂Next time I rewatch the series I won’t skip the episode!

[@BlueShift2000]

Great video, this channel is such a blast for every new and old Knight Rider fan out there. I hope you consider of making a video about that high traction drop down feature on your screen used Kitt.

[@tank_0r]

I was just wondering about this the other day when I watched a video about someone who owns the main KITT that appeared onscreen but was not used for stunts.

[@Spokavriel]

So many more KARRs I honestly thought it was still only 5 on the second show, and that was including the model in KARR's final moment.

[@DavidR-ub2dp]

To me karr was a perfect countrrpart to kitt imagine if they used Garth knight combine forces with Karr against Micheal and kitt that would have been epic

[@Monacomaverick]

They did - in the videogames.

[@TJ52359]

I've been seeing assorted 'KARRs' in the Toy aisle of late... to date I've balked, but I don't know how long I can stop myself

[@TSi99999]

Buy them if you can. Hopefully we can get a KNIGHT Rider film made soon!

[@TJ52359]

@@TSi99999 while Toy sales imply support... I doubt it's a scale tipper on a Film getting Green light... and FWIW if it were KITT I'd have bought him already (in Multiple Scales)... KARR just doesn't hold the same "Buy Me Factor"...

[@pgtmr2713]

K.A.R.R. is the one with the goatee, it just blends in.

[@eddierools]

Not going to lie, i've always loved the look of KARR in the two tone opposed to KITT. He just looks so striking with the amber lights. And if I ever had the opportunity to make a KARR replica, I absolutely would

[@marimisheru]

Yes

[@TheMaxxboost]

Wow, loved it. An overdose of Knight Rider cars and their fate. Looking forward that you will reveil more of their history in your commentaries👍🏻

[@alski200]

You guys should find and acquire the original hero car and restore it with the John Ward nose, that would be a rare and awesome gem to display to everyone.

[@Dixie013]

Wow, thankyou KRH! Sorry to hear these cars got crushed.. Hey maybe one of the Remaining KiTT cars could just have things changed like the Scanner light and the two-towned paint added, but then there is also the voice box for KARR.

[@andrismajors8171]

K.I.T.T VS K.A.R.R episode are called in Germany Der Schwarze Teufel taucht wieder(The Black Devil are tacking back). The ending part in this same episode K.A.R.R. talks to Michael for Goodbye,Michael Knight! In Germany this are Fahr zu Hölle,Michael Knight!(Drive to Hell,Michael Knight!). In original was two actors voiced original K.A.R.R. but in german dubbing was one voice actor for the both episodes.

[@andrewharrald341]

Thank you so much to Knight Rider Historians for the detailed explainations and props breakdown for the episodes listed so far. Really enjoying each episode. I was just wondering who owns K.A.R.R 3 from Kitt versus Karr and if there have been any developments with tracking down the Hard Top Stunt Car from Kitt Versus car. I remember a news broadcast from around 10 years ago in the UK proclaiming to have a screen used Kitt ( this was not the convertible which was temporarily at the car museum in the UK) I was just wondering if you guys have had any luck in tracking down the hard top stunt car?

[@crgray1979]

Can't wait for the history and design of super pursuit mode

[@Spokavriel]

Robert Webb has more information on the build in super pursuit. His sites security certificates recently expired so it might be hard to find.

[@stephenwevans]

I love these deep dives, as well as the episode reviews. Please, keep up the great work.

[@KLM817]

The episode KITT VS KARR is one of my favorites of the series. The one thing that bugs me about that episode is at the end after KITT and KARR have the head on collision, when they are showing the parts of KARR scattered about after the collision, the front bumper cover where the driving lights were was not painted silver. It's just a normal black bumper cover with no sliver paint.

[@charger19691]

These videos are excellent. Thank you for all your continuous research for Knight Rider. Do you gentlemen know if 80’s model Trans-Ams are going to be used for this alleged upcoming big screen film of Knight Rider? Thanks!

[@michaelknight2721]

Very very surprised.I didn't know there where all those KARR's.

[@chrisheffernan7540]

It's amazing how you figure out the fate of these cars and what they were used for

[@christopherparker3579]

Excellent info Joe! Its sad to learn that all of the two tone K.A.R.R.'s were crushed. I didn't know there were some manual cars in the show! Cool! I'm really excited for the commentary for the episode K.I.T.T. vs K.A.R.R.

[@uliwitness]

I'd be curious about that as well. My guess would be that maybe they made them simultaneously. While the detail work on the hero console was done, another team had the rough measurements and was told to just add some sort of box up there so the actors could play with it for distant shots. I could also see them truncating the box for safety reasons (e.g. so passengers can't hit their head). But I would like to know the REAL reason too :D

[@donovaneddiealanhodges1499]

Identical antagonists like Garthe Knight and KARR were so 3 seasons ago! Maybe they meet each other one day.