I never said they weren't similar. I said they're as different as night and day. I know they were both conceived in the same room but the Lincoln rides infinitely better and is much, much quieter. Bossman noticed it on a short test ride. I put 65,000 miles on an 98 Eddie Bauer Expedition and then put 65,000 on an 01 Navigator. My wife got an 03 Gator to replace her ML so, not needing two Gators, I got a Porsche. You can show me a letter from the Pope saying they're similar and I'm going to still tell you they're very different vehicles. Driving each of them every day for 3 years tells you more about a car than anything you can read. Kinda like reading a book about sex vs. actually doing it.