(20 Feb 2022, 12:31 pm)L469 YVK wrote I do hope that if Arriva order the E400MMC they go for ZF gearboxes & 10.9m length.

Not that they won't opt for ZF now that they can have stop start with a ZF setup, but the current MMCs with Voith 'boxes are fantastic performers on anything they're thrown at. Reasonably good acceleration on stop-start work, but equally more than happy sitting at 60 on dual carriageways.