Why enthusiasm for cars & why it matters

Henry Ford intended for all automobiles to be identical, purposely to avoid this "love affair with the automobile". It's nothing more than privately owned transportation. Who "loves" the wagon, bus, trolley, or train they travel in?
Sure a cowboy loves his horse but that is a living creature, lovable like any pet.
Yet here we are. Some will give their vehicle a name. Some make statements like "She died on the highway".
Henry did realize that we would compete with these vehicles. That's the competitive nature of our species and why he had competition in the marketplace. There have been over 200 brands of automobile. No other product comes close.
So... if todays cookie cutter SUV trend is a sign that we are evolving, All the love and attention that was once directed at a vehicle might be directed to were it rightly belongs,,, family, friends, neighbors, pets, our planet.