How can the Cirrus Vision jet be cheaper than its competition?
I read an article on the SF-50 recently published in AOPA Pilot and, to be honest the Cirrus Jet is not even in the same league as the other aircraft mentioned.  People think 'oh it's a jet for $2 mil - I want one' but remain fairly ignorant of exactly what that means compared with other jet aircraft.

The primary differences in performance between the Cirrus and other light jet aircraft is that it's much slower and suffers from 'short legs'.  Depending on payload, the Vision has about at 600 NM range at its max cruising speed of 300 KTAS, burning a stiff 84 gallons/hr.  It sounds enticing to an SR-22T owner looking to upgrade, but consider that high end turboprops like the TBM-9XX are leaving you in the dust by at least 20 knots and using 40% less fuel to do so.  Ranges of approx 1200 NM are possible, depending on payload, but at an economy cruise of 240 KTAS, making it faster than the owner's old SR-22T but slower that nearly all turbobprops and probably more expensive to operate.  The Vision is also not RVSM certified, limiting operations to 28,000 ft.  As a yardstick for comparison, an Embraeer Phenom 100 with a similar sized cabin, at roughly twice the cost of a Vision is capable of over 400 KTAS (Mach 0.70) at FL410 with an 1100 NM range with alternate and IFR fuel reserves.

Ther are other items that aren't immediately visible but play an important factor in the cost difference, chiefly cabin environment.  The Vision's pressurization isn't on par with similar jets, probably being limited to a 5-6 psi cabin differential, yielding around an 8,000 ft cabin altitude at 28000 ft.  The Cirrus is spacious compared with an SR-22 but it's nothing impressive when it comes to light jets and it's not even in the same league as larger jets.  Many of the systems do not have the creature comforts of the big boys e.g. The Cirrus still uses a castering nosewheel as opposed to NWS equippped on most jets, etc.

The Cirrus represents a solid, if somewhat expensive, upgrade from the SR-2X aircraft.  Just don't expect it to be a personal 747; it's not and you do get what you pay for.