The next time you see a vulture pecking away at a carcass near an automotive graveyard, that carcass may just be Audi's highest performing version of the A4->ke1087. The Audi RS4->ke742 was originally rumored to receive a new generation in 2010, but since this year has come and gone, we can all venture a solid guess that that rumor was completely unwarranted. Now the next ripple spreading through the automotive world is that the next generation A4 - set to be revealed in 2015 - will not receive its RS version.

Not being able to see the next RS4 is extremely unsettling for us as it was one of our favorite Audi models offered on the US market - especially in its convertible version - but we'll just have to see what other piece of automotive meat will get tossed to us when the time is right. Audi->ke14 seems to think the future RS6->ke1305 will be worthy enough to attract the RS4 fans and this is where their focus will be until the car debuts. This new model is rumored to be powered by a new 4.0 liter twin-turbo V8 engine that will deliver around 600hp, which is same as the RS7->ke3727. Sounds intriguing enough for us. What do you guys think? Hit us up in the comments section below.

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