Not being amongst the ultra-hatch crowd, I'll add some practicality to this discussion...
Needs to be a hatch for me, wouldn't get a French car again, lease prices on the mid sized Vauxhalls or Fords don't make much sense and never did, which is why I always had Mondeos or Vectras/Insignias.
I guess (excluding the obvious swap to another mid sized VAG variant) it would have to be the 1 series Bread Van (not that I really desire one at all) or the Volvo V40 (again, not really my thing).
I would say the likelihood of VW canning their most popular model, the arguably best selling model globally of any medium sized car is zero, but hey, lets play "what if"
