The typical GA flight is no longer the long-haul vacation trip of the 80-90ies, but the tour round the corner for a coffee. You don't need fast aircraft for that. Even further, look at the fast small aircraft - they all have to climb high to uncomfortable altitude to be fast, even a Mooney Acclaim at 5000ft is not really fast ... Not to forget the 250kn max limit below FL100, so the current fast aircraft are pretty close to that.
Last edited by ChickenHouse; 10th Aug 2016 at 10:08.