The 2007 Lincoln MKX has plenty of power and torque to move its two-plus tons, and meets its mission with a sweet exhaust note that stays in the background except under hard throttle. The engine and transmission are identical to the Ford Edge, and the shift points and shift quality are generally the same. The MKX is a little heavier than the Edge, so it’s marginally slower, although you’d need a stopwatch to tell the difference. Since the transmission lacks a manual sport-shift control, so we just slid the shift lever through its gate and used the low gear to add engine braking to the competent four-wheel anti-lock discs.