Audi S4 – A Guilty Pleasure

03/07/2008 15:25. The Audi S4 Cabriolet takes the very fine entry-luxury A4 and pumps it up. That “S” on an Audi model means “sporty” and this model delivers that. With a 4.2- liter, 340-horsepower V8 behind the tall single-frame grille with its special “S” texture, this baby rockets along. Like the four-cylinder turbo and V6 engines in the A4 model, this V8 is on the Wards’ 10 Best Engines list — a notable industry recognition.

It’s especially fun driving the S4 through its six-speed manual transmission. You rarely get the chance these days to individually select your own gears with all that power available on the other end of the shift linkage.

To make the experience all the more exciting, The S4 Cabriolet has a drop top. And, it’s not just any convertible — it is completely... // CastroValleyForum.com