MSRP: $26,565
This is it: The last stand for the venerable station wagon. In the shadows of summers past, America's Spirit of the Road donned an aloha shirt and sunglasses, hitched up a teardrop trailer and packed the entire family into a wood-paneled wonder car.
9. 2015 Honda Fit
MSRP: $15,525
One of the subcompacts that started the class' renaissance, the colorful and convenient Honda (HMC) Fit got by on a whole lot of flexibility and user friendliness. This year, it gets a complete revamp.
8. 2014 Toyota Prius V
Whose turn is it to pay for gas? That question is a lot less annoying when you only have to ask it every 500 miles or so.
7. 2014 Hyundai Veloster
MSRP: $17,800
Aimed toward the same drivers who loved the Mini's deceptive quickness, the Hyundai Veloster's a light little speedster whose 1.6-liter, 201 horsepower turbo engine are more than adequate for its needs.
6. 2014 Ford Mustang
MSRP: $27,510
For car buyers 35 to 54 years old and nearly 40% of the female car-buying public, the convertible is the way to go during the warm months. The staff at TrueCar took a look at convertible buying habits and found that folks in California, Florida, Texas, New York and New Jersey are almost always gearing up to take their cars' tops down.
5. 2014 Honda Odyssey
MSRP: $28,825
Is a minivan fun? Not unless you're one of the passengers in back watching a movie. Is it fuel-efficient? A combined 24 miles per gallon isn't great, but 28 miles per gallon on the highway is excellent for its class. Is it comfortable? Now you're talking.
4. 2014 Mazda MX5 Miata
MSRP: $23,720
If you're going to go with a small car and a Thelma & Louise-style road trip, there's no better option than the Miata. Porsche (POAHF) will insist that its Boxster is a superior choice, but the Miata costs almost $30,000 less and is a more reliable automobile.
3. 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek
MSRP: $21,995
What seems like a long time ago, Subaru used to make wagons. Not the big, high-ground-clearance crossover SUVs with the Outback and Forester names on them now, but actual wagons.
2. Mini Cooper convertible.
MSRP: $25,700
This car, more than any other, has made the case that a small car can be an incredibly fun road trip vehicle.
1. 2014 Ford Flex
MSRP: $29,015
All of the little cube-shaped surf wagons that were released a few years ago to entice young people into the road trips of yesteryear all managed to miss the mark in one big area: They just weren't very comfortable or spacious cars.
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