Contrariwise, by experiential logic, the art car becomes a diva, valued because it is something special. Some people dress to express external norms, seeking to embody via their clothing the abstract essential qualities around which social consensus is constructed. These people will often say that it's what's inside that counts, many of them unaware of what is in there, or of who put it there for that matter. Other people make their bodies a site where culture is contested, literally locating themselves on their surfaces, within a much smaller field over which they can exert complete control. While members of such groups are often labeled by others as deviant, they themselves are prone to plead self-expression when confronted by such charges.
Style is a map of the soul.
It says something about the self, as well as something about where this self is located and whose self it really is. This is true in automotive terms just as it is in human terms, for fashion is a signifying system that encompasses both cars and their people. Most people and cars understand this. Look at all the people wearing jeans and T-shirts cruising around in undecorated cars. They get it.