how difficult would it really be to put whatever engine/tranny that we want into our VX? One day our 3.5's will die. I'm gonna put a semi realistic engine down. We just got a new Mazda CX5 with their skyactive engine/tranny to replace my wife's car after it was totaled. I must say, I'm really diggin' that engine. The CX5 is actually faster than my VX with only 185 HP. But the 2.5L engine has a 13:1 compression ratio and does not require premium gas. It accelerates faster than these new turbo engines....and I'm getting 32mpg with that engine. Of course our CX5 is 900lb lighter too. I think the new CX9 will have a 3.2L and if it's as good as the CX5 2.5L, I think I'd like to put that into the VX some day. My other choice is that in 10 yrs, maybe I'll convert one of my other VX's to EV if the technology and infrastructure is finally out there.
Call me a geek, or maybe even nerd, but face the facts, we da ones be rulin' this world!