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Charles Talleyrand wrote:
As I understand it, a Cirrus has a much more roomy cabin, 100 lbs higher
useful load, no retractable landing gear to maintain, is 10
kts slower, and costs $100,000 less. Why would anyone buy a Mooney?

Have you looked at their sales numbers? They're only moving a handful
of planes. So few that you could grab the list and call everyone who
bought a new Mooney in the last year and ask them why during your lunch
hour.

Even going back 10+ years their volume has been very low with no Cirrus
(or at the time, even Cessna!) to compete with. Looking at a table of
Mooney sales by year a while ago made me wonder if we'll ever see a new
model of light single that sells 1000 airframes over its lifetime.

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Ben Jackson

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