Ex850R;135953 wroteA fwd auto is best for less driveline to drag around. Go for R Design, lots nicer in the very spartan interior, go with premium sound, as they still got Dynaudio (damn brilliant!) sound with more speakers, whereas at 2006? onwards it was Chinese audio....
(I got premium audio, but Chinese version... Just not good enough for my esoteric hifi tastes!
Looking at speakers.... Mines a v60)
Our 2008 C30 has premium sound Dynaudio so I assume up to at least 2008 they would have it also in the 2008 V50. The sound is fantastic...agreed there!