P&M are of course the CT agent in the UK .
Not the sole player now - Deepak Mahajan seems to have got engaged as the new dealer, with P&M still behind the airworthiness.
The price you quote is about 20% cheaper than a new C172, and the running costs should be lower also.
So basically we won't see many brand new aeroplanes on training school fleets - but we knew that already.
We also knew that 4 seaters are more expensive to run than 2 seaters - hence that most schools prefer the C152 over the C172.
So I still think that the CTMC may prove to be part of the future and looks to me that that, or other very similar aeroplanes, could provide a very good replacement to aging PA38s and C152s.
G