To be fair, there is one useful thing on that list - the bag hook.
Cars have had jacket hooks for ages, somewhere to clip bags (whether and, or from Sainsburies local on the way home) is actually useful...
Otherwise, yes, I'd like to see what the crash ratings are for a woman's height range, a re-designed steering wheel and pedals for smaller hands and feet, a modified adjustment range for the seat, and oh, biggie this - if I ever have a collision and the air bag goes off, I'm going to be in a state (I'm 5' tall - therefore closer to it than is advised) - I'd like some thought going into that - where the plastic cover is thrown when it explodes etc.
Couldn't care less about how sparkly the dashboard is (in fact, that sounds annoying driving into the sun.
I think that article actually had similar opinions - there was definitely a good dose of quote marks around the most ridiculous things