Without wanting to commit thread drift;
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Do some internet research,
You mean NTSB ? Loads of Maule reports over there.
There's lots of Piper, Supercub, Cessna reports as well. Should we assume they're badly built too?
I flew a Maule once, this is nothing for Europe, Africa maybe. The poster asked for reasonably quick, IFR, 5 seater, that is not the Maule
If you flew a Maule once only, then surely you're not best placed to pass judgement on it? If an owner of such an aircraft is ready to sing it's praises, I would count that more valuable advice.
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sell it in Europe for a profit!
You are joking, there is no market for a Maule in Europe, nobody buys that over here, Maules stay on the market for LONG!!!!!
There are, according to G-INFO, 31 Maules currently on the UK register. There's only 38 Mooneys and 30 Barons too, but I don't think it could be said that there's a lack of a market for those types in Europe either.
Now back to the original question!
What about a Cherokee Six? You said you wanted to stay away from 6-seaters due cost, but prehaps a fixed-gear, non-turbo version would compete in operating/purchase costs with something like a Cessna 210 etc.