RIP Cirrus

Darkwing wrote:

"Newps" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:


Geez, Cessna buys Columbia and the king of copy and paste hasn't posted
something of actual interest here yet?


You think that will really kill Cirrus?

No, just getting your attention. But Cirrus will find themselves a
distant second within a couple years. You just can't beat an established
company with a great dealer network when your products are similar.



Cirrus isn't established?

Compared to Cessna they have no dealer network.

Cirrus isn't established?

Compared to Cessna they have no dealer network.- Hide quoted text -

I've found a great deal of overlap. Iowa City's FBO, Jet Air, for
example, is a Cessna AND Cirrus dealer.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I thought Cirrus's business model was to sell direct.

Mike Schumann

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Cirrus isn't established?

Compared to Cessna they have no dealer network.- Hide quoted text -

I've found a great deal of overlap. Iowa City's FBO, Jet Air, for
example, is a Cessna AND Cirrus dealer.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



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"Newps" wrote:

Cirrus isn't established?

Compared to Cessna they have no dealer network.

Maybe not, but the people they have seem a lot more motivated.

There's no Cirrus dealer here, but they still come to town & put on demo's,
and they advertise in the regional aviation rags with offers of demo
flights.

I never see any of that kind of stuff from Cessna.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:


There's no Cirrus dealer here, but they still come to town & put on demo's,
and they advertise in the regional aviation rags with offers of demo
flights.

I read somewhere that SR22 was the #1 selling piston single last year.

I never see any of that kind of stuff from Cessna.

You really gotta wonder where Piper is in all this. Their dealer
network is virtually gone (Iowa City was a Piper dealer for decades,
until 2002-ish), and -- other than token appearances at major fly-ins
(where they only talk about jets) -- you never see their reps in the
field anymore.

For a company that claims to be expanding, they sure appear to have
relinquished the field.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:


You really gotta wonder where Piper is in all this.

Piper has opted out of the GA piston market, for the most part. I've
talked to the Piper sales guys at some of the major fly-ins. Even they're not
expecting that a lot of people will be buying what is essentially a 40 yr.
old design with a glass panel in the mid $300K range. They seem to be
pinning their future on the light jet market.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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JGalban via AviationKB.com wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:


You really gotta wonder where Piper is in all this.


Piper has opted out of the GA piston market, for the most part. I've
talked to the Piper sales guys at some of the major fly-ins. Even they're not
expecting that a lot of people will be buying what is essentially a 40 yr.
old design with a glass panel in the mid $300K range. They seem to be
pinning their future on the light jet market.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)


I just read somewhere they sold something like 8 Archers all of 2007.
In other words they are dead.

Jay,

You really gotta wonder where Piper is in all this.


Dead. Plain and simple. Their sales numbers are orders of magnitude
below Cirrus and Cessna.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Dan Luke wrote:
"Newps" wrote:


Cirrus isn't established?

Compared to Cessna they have no dealer network.


Maybe not, but the people they have seem a lot more motivated.

There's no Cirrus dealer here, but they still come to town & put on demo's,
and they advertise in the regional aviation rags with offers of demo
flights.

I never see any of that kind of stuff from Cessna.


As an owner I could not possibly care less that my manufacturer goes out
and does demos. I want availability of service and I want parts in
stock. I also want shops that don't have to phone the home office just
to get the cowl off.