Further details regarding the new E400 from this month's Buses magazine (which has a very good 4 page article on the finer details):

• The revamp is a result of 3 years of consultation with over 70 previous customers of the older design as well as suppliers, as well as reviewing warranty records to analyse every fault on every vehicle since 2006
  
• The interior has been designed to reduce rattles - as such grad poles are built into the roof and floor making them more secure than being screwed onto the surface and the cab door is steel-framed with rubber compression seals
  
• The stairs are of the 'square-case' style found on exported Enviro500s
  
• The vehicle is available in 3 lengths - 10.3m (for London operation), 10.9m and 11.5m - and 2 heights - 4.3m (14ft 1in) and 4.2m (13ft 8in), each having more seats compared to their Euro5 counterpart (1 on London-specification, 5 on the E400Hs (the upper deck rear seats are located further back than on the current model) and 7 on the 11.5m length, taking it to 86 seats)
  
• The Euro6 model is 400kg lighter than the Euro5 model - and nearly a tonne lighter than if the Euro6 engine was put into the Euro5 model (ie 10000), the target is for the 11.5m example in single door format to weight less than 11 tonnes
  
• Initial production will take place at the Plaxton plant in Scarborough, starting with 14 for Oxford Bus Company followed by 10401-29 for Stagecoach Manchester and 8 examples for Reading Transport both batches due from September - all told there's already orders for nearly 120 examples all Diesel models, the first Hybrid example expected before the end of the year
  
• Production of the Euro5 styling will remain until no more Euro5 engines can no longer be sourced