Tom has a relative in South America, who is a collector of ships in bottles. Tom inherits his collection.
During the chase with the VW Golf, another VW Golf can be seen parked in the background: It is painted in "Düsseldorf Intl. Airport" - livery, and had a bigger role in one of the previous episodes.
The then-new Jaguar XJ8 was not destroyed - for damage-scenes, the producers used an older Jaguar made to look like a new one.