(02 Aug 2020, 10:10 pm)Adtrainsam wrote 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.

Yeah, now that Wrightbus are back up and running, I can see them going back to them for the next batch of double deckers, but sticking with ADL for the single deckers. While I obviously haven't been on the new StreetDecks so can't say what the quality is like, I still think the 67 plate StreetDecks feel nicer better than the E400s on the X30.

To me, ADL vehicles always have a cheap plastic feel about them, which isn't helped by the use of glossy plastic everywhere!