I'm not sure why aviation publications are attempting to paint the industry as "bottoming-out" or "recovering". It all amounts to wishful thinking.
This is proof that it is still in freefall - Textron, giving a proven product some much needed upgrades/polish and then knocking $800K off the price. Granted, I bet they upsell parts/warranty/maintenance/training programs like mad but $800K is still a shocking discount.
I'd be pissed if I had just taken delivery of a Mustang or CJ1-CJ3. It makes the prices for the new KingAirs/Piaggios look downright silly. It is reasonable to expect this to have a damaging impact on the used turbine (light jet/turboprop) market overall, likely in the hard to discern spread between the ask/offer/sale prices of used turbines and high performance pistons.
I wish I was going to be buying in 3 months.
