Originally Posted by X5FX

Looks like the writer of this article spent about 3 minutes w/ each car and based his facts mostly from brochures...come on now, he named the X5 "Car of the Year" because of it technology, namely the Nav and Back-up camera, which we all know are its weakest tech features. The MDX kicks the X5 in the ass in these areas.

Then regarding the ride...if you dont actually drive a X5 w/ ADAPTIVE DRIVE you should not make a comment on the ride quality. I realize this is totally "subjective" (here we go again) but the X5 w/ Adaptive Drive (Sport model in US) is truely a different animal than the non-sport model and not even in the same league as the previous year models.
I spent a week driving the MDX, and extensivly tested the X5 sport vs non-sport before buying and IMO the X5 Sport had the best ride.

Now the difference between the MDX and X5 was very close, but to say the MDX is clearly superior just is not true. If you have not driven the MDX and X5 w/ ADAPTIVE DRIVE side by side try it, you will be amazed.

This article can be taken w/ a grain of salt, IMO the writer did not do enough research.