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It failed for everything you guys already mentioned, but you all have missed the main point of the original:
When it debuted in 1982, there was no electronic, digital, LED anything on any vehicle an American civilian could purchase (if you were in the military, they had this stuff in the late 1960's). I think the closest thing might have been the electronic climate control on Cadillacs which displayed the temperature electronically (Cady didn't have the digital gauge option untill 1984, the same year it also debuted on the Corvette), but the gauges were still analog.
To see a car with a completely electronic gauge readouts, with two nicely integrated TV screen monitors (at the time, any car with a TV had it rather poorly screwed into the dash without integrating it), LEDs everywhere including the gas pedal, and the friggin car talked..... and drove itself..... had ejector seats...... and a turbo boost that made every nitrous kit at the time seem like child's play.
What I'm saying is the original was so hugely successfull in part due to the technology and effects used that was revolutionary and ahead of it's time.
Today, KITT looks just like any other Cadillac or Lexus with radar cruise control, HUD, navigation, you name it. So, to see them attempt to recreate it all is just lame.
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