I don’t know if you saw the gap, but Volkswagen did. The Taigo is a crossover-coupé-SUV-type thing with a sloping back that slots into the small space between the T-Cross, which is 150mm shorter, and the T-Roc, which is 37mm longer.
It’s based on Volkswagen’s MQB platform, like the Polo and T-Cross, so is a front-wheel-drive, internally combusting small car. Tempting though it is to call cars like this niche fillers, it’s worth remembering that more than a third of all Volkswagen’s sales are accounted for by its seven SUVs (or something approximating them; the margins meld these days).
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