Incentro
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Excuse me, I went into the trap of changing exchange rates:The 99 car order for Berlin was US$431 million - about US$4.4 million each. More expensive than ours, for deliveries through 2017. Ours was for deliveries through 2019. Your examples are for earlier deliveries.
I'm not seeing huge disparities for Bombardier vehicles. Astronomical prices? Exaggerate much?
When Bombardier won the TTC Order for 204 LF LRV (3 prototypes and a series of 201 identical vehicles) back in 2009 it was said to be valued at CDN$ 851 million / €523 million - thats about CDN$ 4.2 million / €2.6 million per vehicle.
Link: Bombardier Media Center
The 99 car order for Berlin was valued €300 million but consisted of three different types: 40 ERL (unidirectional, 40 meter long, 7 sections), 35 ZRK (bidirectional, 30 meter long, 5 sections) and 24 ERK (unidirectional, 30 meter long, 5 sections).
It's no surprise that longer or bi-directional vehicles are more expensive than the short unidirectional vehicles.
Although the BVG Berlin carried out a Europe-wide tender, the transport operator focused on the desired model from the very beginning. Developed by Bombardier's predecessor ADtranz, the "Incentro" was no longer offered because it was considered to be too expensive compared with other models in Bombardiers portfolio. For the Berlin tender the "Incentro" was reborn as "Flexity Berlin".