Nice bug.
Someone is gently mocking the roof rack craze. I'm a Top Gear fan too but the first thing I thought of was Shakey Jake's 'Worst of show" car from the 1980s.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/shakey-jake-man-or-myth.382154/
This was before he added the '59 Cadillac tail fins.