I was under the assumption that the Cirrus & Columbia class aircraft went with Fixed Gear due to the rising insurance & maintenance costs of retractables
Unfortunately this turned out to be a marketing myth.
Ask a U.S. Cirrus owner how much he pays for insurance.
Ask a U.S. TB20 owner (of similar hours etc) how much he pays for insurance.
Cirrus have done a cynical marketing exercise where they are selling "simplicity" (as if retractable gear was complex
to own or operate) but the owner pays for extra fuel all the way. We don't know how much this is (because there is not a RG Cirrus) but I would estimate around 10% of fuel is wasted, at cruise speed.