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 [[File:CarBomb-GTA4.jpg|250px|thumb|A planted car bomb in GTA IV]]
-[[File:YayKa-Boom-Boom-GTASA2.jpg|thumb|right|252px|A Car Bomb being activated in GTA San Andreas]]
+[[File:YayKa-Boom-Boom-GTASA2.jpg|thumb|right|252px|A car bomb being activated in GTA San Andreas]]
-A '''Car Bomb''' is an explosive device placed in a car to be detonated.
-==GTA 1 Era/GTA 2==
+A '''car bomb''' is an explosive device placed in or on a car, with the primary intention of destroying both the car through an explosion and inflicting splash damage on its immediate surrounding.
-In [[Grand Theft Auto 1]], in its [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1969|expansion]] [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961|packs]] and in [[Grand Theft Auto 2]] car bombs can be purchased through unnamed bomb shops in the GTA 1 era and through [[Red Army Surplus]] in GTA 2. There is only one type, the player has to activate it and it will blow up 10 seconds later.
-==GTA III Era==
+== Description ==
-Car bombs are purchased through bomb shops.
+Car bombs are a long-running facet of [[Grand Theft Auto]], functioning nearly similarly throughout the series. With the exception of [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], installation of car bombs is a matter of driving a road vehicle into a bomb shop in the form of a drive-in garage at a cost. The bombs allow any involved vehicle to explode, as any vehicle would if destroyed, at any moment of time. Due to the nature of the act, detonation of a car bomb often imposes a minimum of a one-star wanted level.
-===Types===
+=== GTA 1 — GTA 2 ===
-There are three types of car bombs.
+Car bombs in the [[Grand Theft Auto 1|first Grand Theft Auto]], its [[Grand Theft Auto: London|London expansion packs]], and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]] are installed via drive-thru bomb shops and are timed explosives designed to detonate five seconds after they are primed by the player while they are inside the vehicle.
-* Engine Ignition Detonation
+Car bombs in these games are distinctive in which their explosions tend to be more powerful than if a vehicles simply explodes if sufficiently damaged, making them more devastating than later incarnations of the bomb in the series.
-The player has to arm the bomb while in a car. When anyone enters the car, the bomb will detonate after one second.
+<!--{{see also|}}-->
-* Seven-second Time Delay Detonation
+=== GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories ===
-The player has to arm the bomb and wait seven seconds for the bomb to detonate.
+Between [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]], car bombs are significantly weaker, with explosive damage and damage radius similar to when a vehicle explodes after sufficient damage, but are now available with different flavors of detonators. Car bombs are available through a series of [[8-Ball Autos|8-Ball garages]] (and in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]], [[Welding & Weddings]]), with the exception of [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], where the player needs to place the car bomb in the car himself.
-* Remote Detonation
+There are three varieties of detonators for car bombs between GTA III and GTA Vice City Stories:
-The bomb is remotely detonated using a [[Detonator]].
-In [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], it is used as a weapon and the player needs to place the car bomb in the car himself.
+* Engine ignition detonation: Priming the bomb will set the bomb to detonate a second after the car is entered by anyone (This does not apply to whoever that has primed the bomb).
+* Eight-second time delay detonation: Priming the bomb will trigger the bomb to detonate in eight seconds.
+* Remote detonation: The bomb is remotely detonated using a [[detonator|remote detonator]] provided upon installation of the bomb.
+The required act of priming a car bomb is similar to those in earlier games, but remote detonations do not require the player priming the bomb as they simply trigger the bomb using a [[detonator|remote detonator]]. Due to the nature of remote detonations and the inability to use any other weapon besides submachine guns in cars , however, it is not possible to remotely trigger the bomb while in a car bomb.
+<!--{{see also|}}--><!--
 ===Locations===
 ;GTA III
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 '''8-Ball's Bomb Shop'''
 * [[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]], [[Vice City Mainland]], Vice City - Remote Detonation
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+=== GTA IV ===
+For [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], car bomb are not available via any bomb shop. Instead, they are only obtainable at the player's leisure via [[Patrick McReary]], a [[Friendships in GTA IV|friend]] available later in the game, once his "like" rating towards the player is sufficiently high. Car bombs in GTA IV are limited to remote-detonated explosives triggered via the player's [[Mobile Phone|mobile phone]], but are free of cost.
-==GTA IV==
+Car bombs are obtainable by requesting Patrick a bomb through the player's mobile phone (by selecting "Packie > Bomb" in the Phonebook submenu); the bomb will then be stashed in a isolated location a short distance from the player to be picked up. Once obtained, the player may plant the bomb underneath the back of a car, bus or light van only, and remotely detonate it by selecting "Packie > Detonate" in the Phonebook submenu.
-Car bombs in [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]] are first encountered in the [[Gerald McReary]] mission [[Actions Speak Louder than Words]] where they are used to destroy a fuel depot.
-Car bombs in GTA IV can later be obtained through [[Patrick McReary]] as a friend special option. They will be delivered to the player's general location and the player can place the bombs beneath cars, buses and light vans only. The bombs are remote detonated through calling Packie on the cell phone and selecting Detonate.
-==GTA Chinatown Wars==
+Although the player only has free access to car bombs after including Patrick as a friend, car bombs in GTA IV are first encountered in the [[Gerald McReary]] mission "[[Actions Speak Louder than Words]]", where it is used to destroy a fuel depot. Its use is also glimpsed during an introductory scene in "[[First Date]]".
+=== GTA Chinatown Wars ===
 [[File:CarBomb-GTACW.jpg|thumb|right|Fitting a car bomb in the [[iPad]] rendition of GTA Chinatown Wars.]]
-Not to be confused with [[Proximity Mines]], which also affect vehicles with explosions, car bombs, which are introduced in the mission [[Operation Northwood]], can be fitted at a garage in [[North Holland]]. Upon entry, the touch screen will show a picture of the car's engine, which you then must place the bomb onto and wire it up. The bombs cost $500, as in previous iterations. Once placed in the car, the detonator symbol will appear in the [[PDA]]. This can be activated at any time, both in-vehicle and out, and will instantly destroy the car and any others or pedestrians surrounding it.
+Not to be confused with [[Proximity Mines]], which also damage vehicles with explosives, car bombs, which are introduced in the mission "[[Operation Northwood]]", can be fitted at a "Bomb Garage" in [[North Holland]]. Upon entry of the Bomb Garage, however, the player is required to install the bomb themselves by attaching the bomb, wiring the bomb to both the battery and starter motor, and arming the bomb. The bombs cost $500, as in previous iterations.
+Once placed in the car, the detonator icon will appear in the [[PDA]] interface. This can be activated at any time, both in-vehicle and out, and will instantly destroy the car and any others or pedestrians surrounding it.
+<!--{{see also|}}-->
 ==Trivia==
-*Car Bombs are one of the few weapons that can destroy a damage-proof vehicle.
+*Car bombs are one of the few weapons that can destroy a damage-proof vehicle.
 {{gta1 weapons}}