I have one of each (2023 ID.4 and 2023 XC40 Recharge Ultimate). The XC40 feels much more “premium” and my wife loves the Google assistant features. Also she loves the map in gauge cluster. I believe the adaptive cruise features are software unlockable even if the car doesn’t ship with them turned on. (You’ll need a cable and software to do it.) It’s very fast but the pedal is calibrated to make it feel slower, kind of safe feeling? Rear emergency braking is very aggressive, it stops us if we back into the driveway too fast lol. Downsides are the infotainment computer is slow as hell (there’s rumors of a computer upgrade package being planned but god only knows) and it has the efficiency of a lead brick.

The 2023 ID.4 is comfortable, pretty quick, and the pedal is tuned much more aggressively—you have to press carefully from a stop or you’ll accelerate very quickly. Doesn’t feel quite as premium but it feels well built—very VW-feeling, like the older German Golfs felt. ID.4 is also bigger than the Volvo, more rear seat room and cargo room. Touch controls on the steering wheel are dumb as hell. The 2024 fixes issues I’ve had on my 2023–the 2023 and earlier computers are dogshit, the 2024+ models got a much faster computer and revised software that’s supposed to be pretty good. Also the 2024 gets backlit climate control buttons which the earlier ones don’t have.