Volkswagen seems to be picking names from the automotive rhyming dictionary, as it has just trademarked “Tivian” with the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI in Portuguese) in Brazil. The name, which is all but identical to VW’s corporate partner Rivian, should appear on some future crossover given the company’s penchant to use the letter for its SUVs. What form factor that machine will take is still shrouded in mystery, but given Volkswagen do Brasil’s current lineup, we suspect it will either be a three-row SUV slotting in above the Tiguan or a supermini crossover riding below the Taos, T-Cross, and Tera.
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