The Flexifuel only comes in the SE spec, which is very comfortable
I bought one in April last year and to be honest I am very happy with it.
I paid 29k for mine, but that included approx 1500 in extras. So your friend is getting a decent trade-in I think.
Just note that there is not many places to get the E85 fuel, but that is no problem - I have only filled up with the E85 once since I bought it