The Boom Car is a Hot Wheels original model designed by associate designer Tyler Charest. Tyler explains in the All Access blog on the Hot Wheels YouTube Channel that he wanted to make a downhill race car that put the "fun in function". This resulted in the Boom Car. According to Tyler it's unlike a "traditional Hot Wheels car", which is aggressive, a speed machine, sleek, low and fast-proportioned. The Boom Car is the exact opposite of that idea. It is a motorless model: a real down hill racer. A fun function of this model is the ability to insert (Mini-)figures in the canon. Since the canon is open at the bottom, it is possible to shoot them out when flicking your fingers.