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"&amp;quot;So capable is the RS 4, it genuinely blurs the line between sports sedan and sports car,&amp;quot; we said in our August 2006 issue. Effusive praise, yes, but well deserved, because this V-8-powered terror from Ingolstadt is capable of a thrilling 12.8-sec. blast through the quarter mile and a 68.9-mph sortie through our slalom.   This fall, approximately 300 lucky Americans will gladly shell out $81,900 for the privilege of owning a soft-top RS 4, powered by the same 420-bhp 4.2-liter direct-injected V-8 engine that produces 317 lb.-ft. of peak torque at 5500 rpm. Between the flywheel and the 19-in. alloy road wheels, all RS 4 Cabrios come the same way: with a 6-speed manual transmission and Quattro all-wheel drive featuring a 40/60 front/rear torque split that allows the driver to throttle in a little power oversteer...just the way we like it.   The RS 4 stops at least as well as it goes, with enormous 8-piston calipers clamping 14.4-in. rotors up front \u2014 all the better to late-brake the convenience store and pick up some SPF-30. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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