Mebbe I'm drinking from the XD Kool-Aid...
but when doing research before buying mine reports said the grip angle had been changed (Springfield specifying 1911 angle) and of course, some other features were added. Grip angle was a biggie for me since the first few Glocks I tried never fit my hand.
Now whether the grip angle story is true, I can't say since shops in our area have no HS2000s you can lay hands on.
Didn't matter anyway, since after reading tests results of the XD (shooting and torture), liking some of the features added, and thinking the XD is a much better looking gun than the HS2000 (not that it matters much, but given a choice who’s not going to take the better looking one?), I bought one-may buy another down the road.
Yeah, I knew 'bout it's history etc before buying, but it appears to me to be more than a “rebadged HS2000”!