The Knight Four Thousand did talk but it had less personality and less natural care for biologic life than K.I.T.T. did in the Knight Rider pilot. It would have taken Michael too long to bring it up to speed with K.I.T.T. and he refused to use it. It was both good and bad that a new series never ha...
So here's the thing. One later TV movie, Knight Rider 2000, did explore the idea of what consitutes KITT if viewed from a certain point of view. KITT is the computer. It gets moved to a classic car and then to a new state of the art car body at the end. I don't recall if they mention what happened ...
Wait, if I remember correctly wasn't Hassleholf a cameo on The Incredible Hulk live action show and Quantum Leap's last 4 episodes on season 3? I got cable with the H & I program, good source for the stuff Chuck also watches. If he was then they were all uncredited. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm00013...