The Toyota 86 shows up as the replacement for the now-retired Scion FR-S with some small tweaks to make it even better. But will those minuscule changes be enough to silence the ever-present critics of what might be the best driver’s car on the road?

If a little is good, more must be better. That’s the standard American recipe for success, but the FR-S/BRZ/86 formula has followed a different set of directions, opting for low weight and approachable limits as the main factors for fun. Why else would you fit low-rolling-resistance tires to a sports car? For 2017’s debut of the “new” 86, Toyota added some power; revised steering, suspension, and transmission; and tweaked the looks, hoping some small changes would add up to a big difference.