audi driver august 2004 and i quote-audi decided that the tt and the roadster should have a performance edge over the performance hatchback (which was hardly any heavier ) and so,for the s3,the engine only delivered 210 ps.well that was what the specification said on paper.many people believe that there was no difference between the engines and the s3 always had the same power as the tt 225,a suggestion which tends to be confirmed by road-test reports and rolling road figures.
(later when production of the s3 neared its end.audi did, in fact, declare the power to be 225 ps.audi driver february 2006 similar article stating the same fact