if its the 850 T5, you'll have 225bhp to play with, the V70 T5 has 240bhp on tap and both spin the fronts up even with the traction control on

engines are very strong as most of the older ones you see for sale have done well over 100k
auto's are the box's to have as they are better then the manuals and with subtle mods, the estates can look the business