Cessna can look at how many Bonanzas Beechcraft sell and see that there is a limited market.
True Chuck, but they have also looked athow many aircraft Cirrus have sold (2000 and counting) and come up with a family of aircraft aimed at
that market.
Cessna had an as yet unnamed prototype doing flypasts at Oshkosh, Looke a lot like a high-winged Cirrus, so I'm thinking largely composite?