Exploding vehicle

Exploding vehicles are, put simply, vehicles that explode. You know... KABOOM! KABLOOEY! KABLAMMO! And other nifty onomatopoeia. The reasons for a vehicle to explode varies. It could be something simple like a fire in the electrical system that hits the gas tank then BLAMMO! In most cases however, a vehicle explodes because some nefarious ne'er do'well plants a bomb inside of it. These mad bomber tropes crop up in a lot of different television programs, mostly crime dramas. In nearly all cases, an exploding vehicle proves fatal to the driver and passengers, but on rare occasion, some have been known to survive. In other circumstances, an individual may deliberately case their vehicle to explode in order to fake their own death.

One such example took place in the "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger" episode of the USA Network series Psych. An art thief named Pierre Despereaux faked his own death by allowing his speed boat to explode with him on it, so that he could continue his schemes to acquire a coveted treasure trove of goodies unimpeded by both the law as well as rivals.

In the "Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van" episode of the FOX Network television series Bones, a man named Jeremy Nash murdered his wife, Amy by rigging her van to explode outside of a park while she was picking up her daughter.