My controversial view is that often these aeroplanes are bought by inexperienced wealthy people who probably have bought them as their first aeroplane - maybe even to do the PPL in, whereas people of lesser means may buy a PA28 or C172. While there is nothing wrong with this, you may find that they easily fall behind the aeroplane and when marginal decisions have to be made, they fall on the wrong side due to lack of experience.
Some people may not agree with me, but I think that for a PPL with 50-100 hrs TT, a 300HP Cirrus is going to be too much of a handfull until they have a reasonably amount of post PPL experience (unless they actualy did all their flying in the aircraft). I remember when I used to think the Arrow 2 was too fast for me to stay ahead of. Then after flying around for a while I got my IR and started flying twins and suddenly the Arrow became slow and instead of being at 110%, I could cruise along and look out of the window enjoying the view, operating at 30%.
Here is a prime example:
The airplane impacted terrain on the airport during a simulated forced landing attempt at the end of a four day training curriculum for a new owner of a Cirrus SR22 airplane. The pilot/dual student had received a private pilot certificate at total time of 60.8 hours, about 1 1/2 months prior to the accident. Two days before the accident, the pilot received a high performance airplane endorsement from the certified flight instructor (CFI) who was providing Cirrus SR22 instruction at the time of the accident. The curriculum was extended by the pilot to a fourth day from the normal three day curriculum. During a simulated total loss of engine power, the pilot flew to an airport and entered the left downwind traffic pattern for a landing on runway 26. During the base to final turn, the pilot banked "steeply," and when the airplane exceeded a 30 degree left bank, the CFI verbally warned the pilot. The pilot "banked [the airplane] steeper," the stall horn sounded, and the left wing "dropped." The CFI then "grabbed the controls to prevent [the airplane] from entering a spin" and applied full power. The CFI reported that the airplane was "losing altitude in the stall with the left and right wing alternately dropping." The airplane impacted terrain to the right of the approach end of runway 26. A passenger who had flown the Cirrus SR22 stated the difficulties in transitioning to the Cirrus SR22 included maintaining airspeed. He said that it's not like a Cessna 172 because it gets "fast" and you cannot feel an impending stall. The passenger also stated that getting use to all the electronics aboard the Cirrus SR22 is a lot to learn over three days.