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Originally Posted by AnalogMan

Totally agree than anything on the 'internet' needs to be taken with a grain of salt, particularly jalopnik. What's interesting about this story is how many other news sites are carrying it and referencing the news having come from Toyota -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/othe...id=mailsignout

https://www.thedrive.com/news/40055/...and-more-speed

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...r-86-revealed/

https://www.motor1.com/news/498782/2...-gr-86-reveal/

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...ew-photos-info

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/s...-toyota-gr-86/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterly...h=59051fd91786

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...parts-for-brz/

If it's 'fake news', then an awful lot of news organizations seem to be falling for it.

Then of course there's this, the actual news release directly from Toyota -

https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/toyota/34997138.html

Which matches what everyone else has picked up on. So, in this case, it doesn't seem like 'fake news'.

It seems totally logical that the specs for the GR86 and BRZ will be identical. It's hard to imagine how the same engine would have two different outputs in the same market (and how the companies would agree to that). Maybe the Japanese home market version will have a slightly different tune than the export cars, so that Japanese buyers can feel like they got the 'better' version.

"But one source, however, suggests the U.S.-spec coupe will get 228-hp, the same as the new BRZ"

That "source" could very well be here! Once one of these sites says something the rest run with it.
The Toyota info does not say that the BRZ will have less it simply says that the 86 will be 232. They didn't tune the cars different for any of the versions of the first gen and I can not see ant reason why they would all of a sudden do it now.

The much more likely scenario is that in the many months since the BRZ was announced they either found 4 more HP or used a different set of test results to up the rated number.