What is it with women and hatchbacks?

As I lament and curse the BMW F20 and Merc A-class and wish they were sedans instead, I see this and find it very interesting.
Is the current rash of premium hatchbacks and the demise of the small sporting sedan to be blamed on the fairer sex?

Ultra low cost cars

Reading the newspaper review of the Dacia Logy this morning. I don't usually read newspaper reviews of cars - usually annoying nonsense written by opinionated journos who don't actually know anything. (Some would say this applies equally to actual car magazines but that is a blog for another day.) Two loud criticisms stood out. One quite legitimate of the lousy steering, and another of the safety. Or rather lack of: only 3-stars NCAP, shock horror. This was followed by the very Swedish comment that "even poor families should be able to afford safety", which is unfortunately the kind of vomit inducing socialist gunk you have to put up with if you insist on reading a Swedish newspaper.
Don't misunderstand me, I am not saying low-income families deserve to die, I am merely saying that safety costs and that this is a technical and economical point and should not be make into a political one.

After its final descent into self-righteousness the review ends off by saying: Rather spend your 100000kr on a second hand car.
I think that is good advice. Few low budget cars have made it to Scandinavian shores, but every time I read about one being launched in the UK, back to the Sao Penza (whenever that was) the advice given to buyers has been the same: Don't. Rather buy a second hand car. And in Europe, where second hand cars are so cheap, surely this makes sense? You can buy a far superior, often low mileage  second hand car for the same money. I can only think of one reason to buy the new car and that is the piece of mind, but surely you trust a 4 year Honda more than a new Dacia? (And if you don't, you need to go and read up on some statistics, because you should.)

Of course our champion of low income families' safety's point was that the second hand car would be safer. Now this is interesting. Would it really?
What caused the upset was Logy's 3-star rating. Now firstly NCAP's star ratings are, if simply taken at face value, wildly misleading. Secondly, they change over time. The second facelift of the Toyota Aygo recently scored 3-stars, yet it originally scored far higher - NCAP gets harder every year. Something to think about when comparing a new car to a four year old one.
And yet another reason why I can't see the point of the ultra-low cost car in the 1st world.