That was an interesting article to say the least. Even if the author is biased I find it hard to believe it would be so completely out of place that the figures could be reversed. This tells me that there ought to be a market for a light twin PA31 style.
Even though the example N-757PJ provides shows "only" a 300 USD difference I suspect in a sensitive market it could make or break an operation.
I appreciate everyone's input. Taking the Baron price as an example, would it not be possible for someone to market a modern "PA31" for less than a million dollars? Beech isn't known to build anything cheap, but if you can market a twin jet at 1.4 MUSD a light twin without press. cabin should be alot cheaper. And operating costs must be a bargain in comparison. Ok, you'll lose 100 knots perhaps, but on a one-two hours flight double cost wouldn't be worth it, or would it?
The one drawback of light twins is as someone said - miserable SE performance... What to do?