It doesn't take the 109 to beat the 407, the 119 does it hands low, and now AgustaWestland is coming out with the A119Ke with a MGW up to 6284lbs.
New blades shall cut the useful load increase to about 160lbs, but the cruise IAS shall be about 6 or 7 knots faster.
Bell missed the bus big times with the 427, too small a cabin for EMS, no SPIFR certification in the US. That second engine cut down payload too for Gulf of Mexico operations.
The 407 is the last decent product to come out of Mirabel, too bad they stopped thinking behind the passengers cabin.
In the GoM I had to drop two passengers to accomodate for the bags strapped and secured on the aft facing seats.
The 430 is (was?) quagmired by two underpowered engines, and Bell never offered an alternative to the C40s.
Last but not least, Bell's politics in the LUH competition showed their real design capability limitations.