With the arrival of the new Toyota GR 86 earlier today, our first question is inevitably about how it compares to the Subaru BRZ.

The cars, co-developed by the two companies, are supposed to be more different than they were for the previous generation. Japan’s Lovecars! decided to find out exactly what that meant.

Full disclosure: not able to speak Japanese, I relied on YouTube’s auto-translate function to understand what was happening in this video. Although the feature is a little less than 100% effective, these are the themes that emerged in the video through repetition and reference.

The outlet put two drivers in the cars and let them each drive around a handling track back to back. And the result is a surprising amount of differentiation, though it’s still clear they’re based on the same equipment.

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They report, first and foremost, that the new cars feel quite different from the last generation. And that should hardly come as a surprise since both make more power. The new BRZ is quoted as making 228 hp in the US, but both can make up to 232 hp depending on their market. That’s up from 205 hp for the last generation.

As a result, both get to 60 mph in just 6.3 seconds, which is 1.1 seconds faster than the outgoing models. More than that, though, the drivers also report that the cars are more refined. Neither has lost its sports car edge, but they seem to be a little quieter at idle.

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The good news for fans of the RWD dynamics is that little of their sense of fun seems to have been lost in the generational transition. Both cars handle well thanks to their low center of gravity and low weight.

Although both hosts appreciate the BRZ, they seem to have a slight preference for the GR 86. The Toyota is a little more tail happy, whereas the BRZ seems to have a more neutral character.

As we’ve covered, it’s clear that both cars are based on the same basic stuff, but according to Lovecars, it’s still impressive how much of a difference tuning can make.