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"   2012 R&amp;amp;amp;T Vintage Memories Calendar    Last month, we marked an important milestone in motorsports history with Sam Posey&amp;#039;s moving tribute to Phil Hill on the 50th anniversary of his F1 World Championship, the first for an American driver. As part of that legacy, we decided to dedicate our annual Vintage Memories calendar to Phil. With the help of his son Derek, we compiled a collection of color photographs taken by the World Champ himself during the 1950s and early &amp;#039;60s. These remarkable images transport you to different times and places ranging from Monaco to Elkhart Lake and will appear among hundreds of others in a two-volume book in the works called Inside Track\u2014World Champion Phil Hill and his Motor Racing Photography. The calendar is available now at .    It isn&amp;#039;t the largest car company in the world, but Porsche has a very large footprint not just for its sports cars and racing heritage, but as an automotive icon. Enthusiasts revere Porsche for the purity of design, particularly the evolution of the 911 and the purpose-built nature of its racing machines.   In this issue, we bring you a heaping helping of Porsche goodness, from a look at the new 911, a road test of the current GT3 RS 4.0 and a celebration of great 911 race cars that will be the centerpiece of the Rennsport Reunion in mid-October at California&amp;#039;s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.   But even beyond Porsche&amp;#039;s loyal fan base, the larger public also has a similar positive view of the German automaker. Even in casual conversation with non-auto types, mention Porsche, and more often than not you&amp;#039;ll get nods of approval. Still, for a small company like Porsche to survive (at least before joining the VW Group), it was necessary for it to reach out to that larger audience with vehicles like the Cayenne and Panamera, moves that were criticized by some hard-core Porschephiles.   But for every SUV and 4-door, Porsche remained true to its core, offering up the 911 GT3s, Cayman R and Boxster Spyder. And it&amp;#039;s important to remember that the profits generated by Cayenne and Panamera are used to help pay for the development of future lower-volume sports car lines.   There are those who worry about Porsche losing its identity by being subsumed into the larger VW Group, which has other iconic brands of its own, including Bugatti, Bentley and the fast rising Audi. Don&amp;#039;t count on it. From what we hear, Porsche has been charged with not only developing a new range of lower-priced sports cars, which may include a flat-4 for Zuffen\u00ADhausen and 2-seaters for Audi and VW, but also at the other end of the spectrum, where the next Panamera may provide the underpinnings for an entry-level Bentley, a new Bugatti sedan and even a super premium Audi above the A8.   And Porsche&amp;#039;s last R&amp;amp;amp;D boss, Wolfgang D\u00FCr\u00ADheimer, while assuming the role of directing Bentley and Bugatti, remains the head of VW&amp;#039;s motorsports effort. In a recent announcement, he promised Porsche will return a factory team to Le Mans to compete in the LMP1 class.   With the debut of the new 911 at Frankfurt, the upcoming launch of the 918 supercar hybrid, the rebirth of Porsche prototype racing and even the prospect of a new sub-Boxster 2-seater to complement an ever-widening product line, Porsche matters and will continue to do so for many years to come. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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