Compare the2025 Volvo EX90VS 2025 Mercedes EQB

The Volvo EX90 (except 6-Passenger) offers an optional built in child booster seat. It’s more crash worthy than an added child seat because of its direct attachment to the seat. Mercedes doesn’t offer the convenience and security of a built-in child booster seat in the EQB. Their owners must carry a heavy booster seat in and out of the vehicle; EX90 owners can just fold their built-in child seat up or down.

The Volvo EX90 has standard driver and front passenger side knee airbags mounted low on the dashboard. These airbags help prevent the driver and front passenger from sliding under their seatbelts or the main frontal airbags; this keeps them better positioned during a collision for maximum protection. Knee airbags also help keep the legs from striking the dashboard, preventing knee and leg injuries in the case of a serious frontal collision. The EQB doesn’t offer a front passenger side knee airbag.

The EX90 has a standard front seat center airbag, which deploys between the driver and front passenger, protecting them from injuries caused by striking each other in serious side impacts. The EQB doesn’t offer front seat center airbags.

The EX90 has a standard Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS), which use a specially designed seat to protect the driver and front passenger from whiplash. During a rear-end collision, the WHIPS allows the backrest to travel backwards to cushion the occupants and the headrests move forward to prevent neck and spine injuries. The EQB doesn’t offer a whiplash protection system.

To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, Full-Time Four-Wheel Drive is standard on the EX90. But it costs extra on the EQB.

The EX90’s standard lane departure warning system alerts a temporarily inattentive driver when the vehicle begins to leave its lane and gently nudges the vehicle back towards its lane. A lane departure warning system costs extra on the EQB.

Both the EX90 and the EQB have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning and driver alert monitors.

The Volvo EX90 weighs 1384 to 1560 pounds more than the Mercedes EQB. The NHTSA advises that heavier vehicles are much safer in collisions than their significantly lighter counterparts.

The EX90’s corrosion warranty is 7 years longer than the EQB’s (12 vs. 5 years).

Volvo pays for scheduled maintenance on the EX90 for 3 years and 30,000 miles. Volvo will pay for tire rotations, cabin filter replacement, brake fluid replacement, inspections, and any other required maintenance. Mercedes doesn’t pay scheduled maintenance for the EQB.

The EX90 has more powerful engines than the EQB:

The EX90 can travel longer on a full charge than the EQB on a full charge:

For better stopping power the EX90’s brake rotors are larger than those on the EQB:

For better traction, the EX90 has larger standard tires than the EQB (F:255/50R20 & R:285/45R20 vs. 235/50R19). The EX90 Ultra’s tires are larger than the largest tires available on the EQB (F:265/45R21 & R:295/45R21 vs. 235/50R19).

The EX90’s standard 255/50R20 front and 285/45R20 rear tires provide better handling because they have a lower 50 series front and 45 series rear profile (height to width ratio) that provides a stiffer sidewall than the EQB’s standard 55 series tires. The EX90’s optional tires have a lower 40 series profile than the EQB’s optional 45 series tires.

For better ride, handling and brake cooling the EX90 has standard 20-inch wheels. Smaller 18-inch wheels are standard on the EQB. The EX90’s optional 22-inch wheels are larger than the 20-inch wheels optional on the EQB.

The EX90 has a standard automatic front and rear load leveling suspension to keep ride height level with a heavy load or when towing. The EX90’s height leveling suspension allows the driver to raise ride height for better off-road clearance and then lower it again for easier entering and exiting and better on-road handling. The EQB doesn’t offer a load leveling suspension.

For a smoother ride and more stable handling, the EX90’s wheelbase is 6.1 inches longer than on the EQB (117.5 inches vs. 111.4 inches).

For better handling and stability, the track (width between the wheels) on the EX90 is 3.4 inches wider in the front and 3.1 inches wider in the rear than on the EQB.

The EX90 has 3.5 inches more front headroom, 2.2 inches more front shoulder room, 2.3 inches more rear headroom, 2.9 inches more rear shoulder room, 1 inch more third row headroom, 2.8 inches more third row legroom and 2.9 inches more third row shoulder room than the EQB.

The EX90 has a much larger cargo volume than the EQB with its rear seat up (67.6 vs. 10.7 cubic feet). The EX90 has a much larger cargo volume with its rear seat folded than the EQB with its rear seat folded (67.6 vs. 61.8 cubic feet).

The EX90’s cargo area is larger than the EQB’s in almost every dimension:

The EX90 has a standard third row seat which folds flat into the floor. This completely clears a very large cargo area quickly. The EQB doesn’t offer seats that fold into the floor.

Pressing a button automatically lowers the EX90’s third row seats, to make changing between passengers and cargo easier. The EQB doesn’t offer automatic folding seats.

To improve rear visibility by keeping the rear window clear, the EX90 has a standard rear fixed intermittent wiper with a full on position. The rear wiper standard on the EQB only has an intermittent setting, so in a hard rain visibility isn’t as good.

In poor weather, headlights can lose their effectiveness as grime builds up on their lenses. This can reduce visibility without the driver realizing. The EX90 has standard headlight washers to keep headlight output high. The EQB doesn’t offer headlight washers.

The EX90 has standard heated front seats. Heated front seats cost extra on the EQB. The EX90 also has standard heated second row seats to keep those passengers extremely comfortable in the winter. Heated second row seats aren’t available in the EQB.

The EX90 has a standard heated steering wheel to take the chill out of steering on extremely cold winter days before the vehicle heater warms up. A heated steering wheel costs extra on the EQB.