From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >While the tilting technology may well be derived from the Pendolino, there   
   >are significant differences between this design and the Pendolino. This   
   >design uses separate power cars and articulated bogies for the carriages,   
   >while the Pendolino family are based on distributed traction and   
   >conventional bogies. This looks more like a TGV derivative with added tilt   
   >rather than a Pendolino product.   
      
   Alstom says the Pendolino is the "high speed train of the Avelia   
   range."  Who am I to argue?  You are right that the Pendolinos in   
   Europe have distributed traction and this doesn't, but I guess   
   the share the car bodies and tilt mechanism.   
      
   http://www.alstom.com/products-services/product-catalogue/rail-s   
   stems/trains/products/pendolino/   
      
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