(02 Aug 2020, 9:49 pm)L469 YVK wrote Before 2019, GNE predominantly purchased WrightBus bodied vehicles as well as a few Optares. But recent single & double decker orders have shifted towards ADL (97, X30, originally 'intended' X1 order but now Derwentside & Hexham).

Were the new batch of StreetDecks in the pipeline before MG arrived or after? Also, what was the reasoning behind ordering 3x E400MMCs initially for the X30 rather than low height StreetDecks across the board?

I think MG preferred ADL to Wrightbus. The 3 E400s were a shift to more ADL products and similarly E200s were ordered to get away from rattly streetlites. All of these were announced before Wright entered administration in September, but the 15 new E400s were ordered after administration, most likely because they wanted to get the new buses quicker and because of the uncertainty of the future of Wrightbus at the time.