check out the V70R if you are looking at a wagon. Those things mob.
Also, my car is a V50 T5 AWD that is a 6 speed manual and i really like it. not quite as fast but it has turbo and definitely gets the job done performance wise..definitely looks way better than subis or audis in my opinion as well.
Price-wise volvos are around the same as audis and the parts cost around the same.
here's my car (the v50):
not the greatest picture but it's all i have and you get a good idea..