One thing I did note whilst flying along in a G36 (unfortunately it wasn't mine) was that the glareshield was appreciably higher than an A36 with the old panel. This suprised me. I would've thought the PFD/MFD would have saved some space. It does I suppose, but they certainly sit higher in the panel. Where they do save space is up under the panel. There's nothing there! Nice panel, but I thought the interior was a little plain jane. It was nicely done, as anything from Beech is, it just looked a little bare.
So would I plump for the Cirrus instead ? Sorry, but not for me. They're overrated, oversexed (as the accident rate suggests) and overhere.
Anytime you bolt a big engine to a relatively small airframe, your gonna go fast. The 182RG I fly is only 20kts behind a Cirrus on 80hp less.
It'll be the G36 for me.