StaffsWCML
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Not necessarily any of them, but new designs are under development all the time. The original post that spawned this sub discussion spoke of replacing existing trains with an alternative design. That hypothetical alternative may not exist yet until the hypothetical order is placed with a hypothetical specification. That does not have to match an existing product in any way and does not necessarily have to be DfT-specified (plenty of trains aren't).
As far as I am aware the DfT have a hand in the specification of all the new trains, the reason why most of them are crap. If a TOC could go out and buy a train of their choice I am sure they would, obviously this would require longer franchises to see return on investment. I suppose the DfT have to consider that in so many years someone will inherit these trains whether they want them or not in most cases.