After creating the first Knight Rider TV series, Glen Larson took the
same formula and substituted a futuristic semi truck for a Pontiac
Firebird. The result? A pilot movie and nine episodes of a TV show called "The Highwayman," broadcast on NBC in late 1987 and early 1988.
Though it looks like a Luigi Colani creation,
the truck actually started out as a 1980 Kenworth cab-over with an
8V92T diesel before it was converted, at a cost of $287,000, into the
"futuristic" (the series was set in 1992) truck used in the series. Now it can be yours - for $125,000.
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