I came across this today:
http://www.edmunds.com/new/2004/audi...r.num3.1.audi*
I am behind on reading car magazines; I had no idea that Audi put the S4 powerplant and drivetrain into the cabriolet. It's a damn heavy car (4100 lbs), but I think that has to be the only recent AWD convertible not made in Stuttgart. This may merit a test drive. Is this the M3s only real competition?