From beginning to end, Dave Hickey is using cars as a means to better explain the relationship of art and commercialism. Art used to stand against object-art and favored conceptualization along with the non-objective. But soon they became what they once were way back when, commercial objects. I think he mainly uses the cars at this point to help the reader better understand the way art began to be manufactured ("economy" and "luxury" lines/"masculinized" and "feminized"). Motifs and imagery that once held great meaning became more commonplace, from what I read his words seem to indicate the historical influence they once held weren't held in high regard anymore.
The ending I had trouble understanding because before he seemed to be enthusiastic about his comparisons and the way commercialism had become artsy. Hickey turns negative towards the end and I'm not sure what brought this response about. It went from cars to religion and something about opinions having a negative impact on the price and value of an object.
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