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‘Knight Rider’ car KITT up for auction — but it will set you back at least $450K

  • David Hasselhoff and KITT in 2018.

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    David Hasselhoff and KITT in 2018.

  • KITT, the artificially intelligent supercar featured in the series "Knight...

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    KITT, the artificially intelligent supercar featured in the series "Knight Rider," is seen circa 1983.

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Keep your scanners peeled, KITT. You’re getting a new driver.

The customized black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, driven — and later owned — by David Hasselhoff on the 1980s crime series “Knight Rider” can be yours — provided you’ve got at least a cool half-mil to burn.

The iconic vehicle, voiced by actor William Daniels, is currently fetching $450,000 as of Wednesday on the website liveauctioneers.com.

Daniels, now 93, is not part of the deal.

KITT, the artificially intelligent supercar featured in the series “Knight Rider,” is seen circa 1983.

The car, which claims its name from the acronym Knight Industries Two Thousand,” was a supercomputer on wheels that helped thwart the machinations of an array of bad guys with the help of Hasselfhoff, who played hero Michael Knight.

“Fully functional KITT car with full conversion car located in U.K.,” reads the auction house description. “Lot winner responsible for delivery expense, if hammer price exceeds 25% above reserve price, the Hoff will personally deliver the car to the new owner.”

The automobile even possesses the iconic front-mounted scanner bar that allowed KITT to see.

If KITT is a bit out of your price range, there is still plenty of “Hofficial merchandise” to choose from at the site, including a “Baywatch” pinball machine, an autographed “Knight Rider” jacket patch, mid-1980s German magazines featuring Hasselhoff, and yes, even a 14-foot-long prop model of the Hoff from 2004’s “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.”

David Hasselhoff and KITT in 2018.
David Hasselhoff and KITT in 2018.

But that last item will likely set you back more than KITT. The site estimates that it could sell for between $750,000 and $1.5 million.

A portion of the proceeds will be directed to Hasselhoff’s charitable donations, claims the auction site.

Before the 1982 “Knight Rider” debut made Hasselhoff, now 68, a prime-time star, he played hunky doctor Snapper Foster on “The Young and the Restless” from 1975 to 1982.

His latest project, “Kung Fury 2,” co-starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is slated for release later this year.