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Another vote for keeping the bike(s) in the car. Having a bike on view is more likely to attract a thief's attention to it; if they don't know it's there they won't steal it.
Additionally most thieves will take an easy option - cutting a lock, lifting a bike off a rack and pedalling away takes seconds, whereas breaking into a car, pulling out a frame, then wheels, then putting it together takes a few minutes.
For what it's worth I drive a Volvo estate, so I can get two bikes in the boot easily, and if I've got to leave them in the car I park it backed up tight to a wall so the boot can't be opened.