>>1210357Taiwan's 700T was based on the 700, the N700 wasn't in production until 2007.
700: Prototype built in 1997, mass production from 1999 to 2006
N700: Prototype built in 2005, mass production from 2007 to 2018 (so far)
N700S: Prototype built this year, mass production begins in 2020 if the test goes well
And speaking of the comparison, what makes you say that the Shinkansen sets are ahead of the European contemporaries?
>>1210369Well, the 700T's nose isn't as pronounced as the 700's duckbill which might also helped along with the livery
