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IMHO there is not really any price. I don't think I would ever own a 2001 unless it's free and even then I would be wary to take on the possible expenses. There are just so many other cars available that don't have the problems of the 2001. Ideally someone might have a 2001 that they meticulously maintained esp trans oil changes and bevel gear oil, with carefully maintained leather and no squeaks at all, and no indication of transmission problems.... I would probably consider this car despite the problems with the year.
The general consensus on this board is to just stay away. There are probably good individual cars, but as a class they have such a bad reputation it hardly seems worth it to even try.
FWIW the transmission is not the only problem with this car, though it is a huge huge problem.
The AWD system is generally seen as pretty wimpy and likely to fall apart or even blow up. Also this is the "all four tires at once" variety of AWD, so if you mess up one tire you're pretty much stuck getting 4 new ones. Not so for 2003+.
It has the early Electronic Throttle Module (ETM) which was very flawed and always fails. The fix is a rebuild by XeMoDex.com.
Plus there are all the usual 'first year' materials and build-quality problems too. I would expect one of these cars to be pretty creaky/squeaky/noisy at this age.
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1998 V70 AWD->FWD->AWD Turbo 220k+
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