First,
the Columbia and SRxx share about 95% of their parts.
Auto wise they are compared Porsche (Columbia / narrow and fast) to BMW (SRxx / roomy but a few knots slower)
As I understand it, Lancair and Cirrus have a different kind of sales filosophy.
- Lancair is going to do / doing the classic dealership thing.
- Cirrus is sold factory direct, but the service center's / local representative's are helping you making the decision by offering demo flights. But you have to pay your dollars to Cirrus in Duluth direct.
The difference is that SRxx has a fixed price ( see
www.cirrusdesign.com ) and fixed price options, and the Columbia
does not as I understood.
On the
www.cirruspilots.org board there are also some Colubia 350 owners , and option holders for the C400 so it might something to check opionions about both companies or the C400.
S.