> Wouldn't popping the hood also require breaking a window or otherwise getting in the car to pull the release? There are a fair amount of modern cars that don

> Wouldn't popping the hood also require breaking a window or otherwise getting in the car to pull the release? There are a fair amount of modern cars that don't actually require you to get into the car to pop the hood if you know what you're doing. On earlier cars[1] there was no latch inside the car. 1) they don't have the electronics for this stuff however - simple hot wiring will do