Sure, ATR is flogging that they have upped the MTOW by 300Kg...but they've also added height with all the new equipment they've added over the years (reinforced cockpit door, new elctric air conditioner etc...) and not accounted for in their marketing numbers. If you look, their OWE has gone up by 300kg too. Net effect ZERO.
Dontcha love who they tout their increased lift, without mentioning the downside?? Shady marketing if you ask me.
I still love the Q400. Carries a lot, and gets you there fast. Donno if anyone here has seen the Q400 NextGen interiors brochures, but damn, it looks sweeeeeeet. Can't wait to seeif any of our option aircraft come in as those.