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VW'S 2009 IROC COUPE; Paris premiere set for Scirocco successor.(News)

Byline: GREG KABLE Wolfgang Bernhard has barely warmed the seat as Volkswagen chairman and he is already attacking the market with products he hopes make the German automaker cool again. Look for proof in the reborn Scirocco coupe-dubbed Iroc-which makes its global debut at Paris in September. If Bernhard's plan comes to fruition, it will do for VW what the TT did for Audi-provide the German carmaker with a modern, relevant and desirable image-building model. Iroc is planned for North American showrooms by the end of 2008, the same year VW launches its Land Rover LR2 rival, ...