Claustrophobic interior

While Mazda wasn't the only car with this issue it did feel the most pronounced but I felt really claustrophobic in the hatchback. I didn't feel like I could see out the back or the sides behind me at all because of the D pillars. Same with the Toyota Corolla and the Subaru Impreza which both had worse interiors. The only cars I haven't test driven are the VW Jetta and GTI but I'm worried about the GTI reliability and I really wanted to get a hatchback over another sedan. For comparison I've been driving the same 2007vw Jetta since 2009 and plan on driving it until it dies but I also crossed 200k miles so... I guess I just feel like all the new modern cars have terrible blindspots compared to older cars and then try and make up for it with safety features which IMHO will just break especially since I generally drive a car until it dies. Idk I just figured I would ask about everyone's else's experience driving it for more then 15 minutes.