Who’s the market leader in High Performance piston single-engine sales of four-seat aircraft (planes with 200 hp or more)? Let’s look at the numbers.
Reason 19 – About half of all high performance single-engine piston sales are Turbocharged.
Cirrus knows “High Performance.” In 2014, they claimed an 83 percent market share by shipping 308 high performance aircraft. Among all manufacturers, a total of 372 high performance four-seat piston single-engine aircraft were shipped last year. Yes, I know Cirrus has five seats and Bonanza has six, but they compete among the same target group of buyers.
About half of the buyers chose to go Turbocharged.
| High Performance 4-Seat | 2014 |
| Cirrus SR22T Turbo | 160 |
| Cirrus SR22 | 117 |
| Cirrus SR20 | 31 |
| Bonanza G36 | 32 |
| Cessna TTX Turbo | 22 |
| Piper Arrow 201 | 8 |
| Mooney M20TN Turbo | 1 |
| Maule M7-235 | 1 |
| Cessna 182T Turbo | 0 |
| Cessna 182 | 0 |
| Total High Performance | 372 |
| Total Turbo | 183 |
| Percent Turbocharged | 49% |
No shipments were reported for the Cessna 182.
Source: The 2014 General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA.aero) Report provided shipment statistics for this discussion – “four-seat high performance piston single-engine airplanes.”
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