Huh, when I looked at the Standard, it was all the lower priced equipment, manual seats, no heated steering wheel, etc, priced ~$38K. Where did you see the upgrades?
Also struggling a bit with whether I can get by with RWD in Maine. I'm retired, so most likely, but there's still some doubt, although the road crews do an excellent job of clearing down to pavement most of the time.
There is the ID.4, which has the 62 kWh battery and, like you said, cloth seats, manual seats, etc.
Then there is the ID.4 S, which has the 62 kWh battery but upgraded features (leatherette seats, power seats with memory, heating steering wheel, etc). This one starts at $42,495. <-- this is what I reserved.
If there is "Pro" in the name, it means it has the 82 kWh battery. There is the ID.4 Pro (RWD). Pretty basic in terms of features (cloth seats, etc) but same price as the ID.4 S: $42,495. Moving up there is the Pro S and then the Pro S Plus (AWD).
Like you, I thought I had to have AWD because I am in Maine, but I have read enough posts on this forum that say the RWD works just fine in winter that I am going to take a chance on that. I am also going with the smaller battery because I think for the way we drive 99% of the time it will be fine. My husband was balking at the $50K price for the AWD Pro S I had reserved so maybe this lower price will be more palatable.
I have a feeling there will still be lots of time to think about all this...