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Today’s television shows just can’t match the coolness of an ’80s action series. Four decades ago, nothing was more badass than a mustachioed Tom Selleck in the original Magnum P.I., Don Johnson in a white suit on Miami Vice, the chemistry between the A-Team, or the black leather jacket David Hasselhoff wore on Knight Rider. It wasn’t enough, however, to have a cool star. An ’80s action TV series also needed a vehicle that was just as cool to match them. Thomas Magnum had that sweet red Ferrari, James Crockett had a white Ferrari, the A-Team had a GMC Vandura driven by B.A. Baracus (Mr. T), and Michael Knight had a jet-black Trans Am named K.I.T.T. that could talk. Throw in the likes of The Dukes of Hazzards‘ orange Dodge Charger and The Fall Guy‘s GMC Sierra, and you have an era where the hero’s transportation was just as popular as they were. Then there was Airwolf, which stepped things up by giving its protagonists a cool helicopter. It was so integral that the show was named after it! Sadly, after the show concluded, the helicopter, which found a new life as a real-life hero, came to its own tragic end.
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