KITT is the short name of two fictional characters from the adventure TV series
Knight Rider. While having the same acronym, the KITTs are two different entities: one known as the
Knight Industries Two Thousand, which appeared in the original TV series
Knight Rider, and the other as the
Knight Industries Three Thousand, which appeared first in the two-hour 2008
pilot film for a new
Knight Rider TV series and then the
new series itself. In both instances, KITT is an artificially intelligent electronic computer module in the body of a highly advanced, very mobile, robotic automobile: the original KITT as a 1982
Pontiac Trans Am, and the second KITT as a 2008/2009 Ford Shelby GT500KR. KITT was voiced by
William Daniels in the original series, and by
Val Kilmer in the 2008 series.