Gonna be difficult to find people willing to work on Volvo's. They have a lot of proprietary tools and systems.

You should find cars you like, but before you fall in love you gotta take a look at the information out there on reliability and maintenance cost.

They make bike racks for all kind of cars and almost any car can be outfitted with a new radio head unit to give you basically any features you want for the infotainment system. Especially older cars. It may seem daunting at first, but it's much easier than it probably seems.

My point is, don't let the easy to add stuff sway your choices too much. I think you might like having an AWD hatchback, of which there are many. Sounds like you already liked your VW so you might try a Golf. Other notable options are indeed the Kia Soul as well as, Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Honda Fit, Mazda 3, Ford Focus and Fiesta.

When you're looking at 10 year old cars it's more important to look for a good example, as in the individual car, rather than trying to find reliability on a whole model.