W. K. Lis
Superstar
Yes, but the other bidder was Siemens, which was not only much, much more expensive, but had to rebuild 400 trams a few years back because they were defective. Let's not pretend Bombardier is the only manufacturer that had problems. The USA is littered with lousy trams.
Siemens was 50% more, because of the legacy specifications of Toronto's streetcar network. The Transit City light rail vehicles don't have those restrictions, however, the Freedom and Outlook models do have interchangeable parts.