Well, perhaps a bit of poetic licence...!

Both have a solid rear pod, a central pivot with spring mechanism, and central spring/damper and, as you say, the same front end design with a connecting flat chassis.

Sure, things have improved through refinement of the design, and better materials and manufacturing techniques, but essentially its genesis goes right back to that 1987 car.

Perhaps more to the point it is like a Porsche 911 today compared to the original Porsche 356 - a triumph of engineering over design!