Is there any reason one cannot use the vehicle fuel to keep warm? Just put some of the petrol/diesel/aviation fuel in a pot and burn it?
Risk of fire inside the vehicle and carbon monoxide poisoning jump to mind.
I have been stuck in my car in winter storms twice: once for 12 hours and once for 6. Both times it was on a major highway near Washington D.C. You don't need to be in the boonies.
The better solution to starting a fire inside the car is to carry sleeping bags, wool blankets or heavy coats, hats etc. with you. Inside the car, you are out of the wind and the wet: all you need to cope with is the low temperature. And all you need to do that is to cover up with insulating cloths/blankets etc.
I always have some in the car in the winter.