Here's my thoughts on just the Navigator and Escalade since I was looking for a SUV late last year.... Comparing the features, the new Navigators has the current Escalades beat with 6 speed transmission, power liftgate, folding third row seats, and running boards. It is kind of lame having to remove and leave behind the third row seats on the Escalade if you need the extra space. The Escalade still has more horsepower though. Will have to see what GM does to the Escalade when the redesigned version for '07 comes out since the Navi was redesigned in '03 and then updated in '05. The current Escalade is still too much like the Tahoe/Yukon (Denali) with just a different front-end, HIDs, backup sensor, and an analog clock in the dash. I couldn't see paying almost $10k extra to move up to the Escalade from a Yukon Denali. Reliability wise, not sure about the '04 or '05 Navigators, but the '03 didn't rank too well since it was a first year redesign.

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