chennai the rugged suv is a macho vehicle right well not quite a latest mythbusting survey the 2017 women automotive buyer survey by premonasia has come up with the surprising finding that female car buyers of india are as enamoured of the suv crossover segment as men and this preference for bigger vehicles is at the cost of the earlier overwhelming obsession with compact hatchbacks the survey which spoke to current women car owners across 28 cities in india found that hatchbacks rule the current ownership stats with 61 women car owners boasting one in their garage but the figure is down to 492 among those intending to buy a new car in the next 612 months similarly 184 of current women car owners have sedans but 224 plan to buy a sedan in the near future in the mpvmuv segment the stats are flat 73 currently own them and 77 want to possess them in future the biggest jump in purchase plan is in the case of suvs crossovers from 133 present ownership to 207 future possession said rajeev lochan founder ceo primonasia the shift between owners to future owners is strongest in the suv segment and the drop is strongest in hatchbacks which shows that the suv craze is not just a male obsession it is also very much a female phenomenonalso there are enough women buyers who attach importance to engine power and performance which is another myth buster also read new auto service in surat by the women for the women the study also threw up interesting trends about the average age for women to start learning how to drive and acquire a licence in metro towns 42 of women start learning to drive before they are 23 but this number goes to 6062 in other cities which are nonmetro and nonstate capitals said lochan by nandini sengupta tnn published on aug 28 2017 at 0728 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app woman buyer primonasia suvs crossovers suvs rajeev lochan homenewsindustrysuvs catch women buyers fancy