These are the 30 best cars for summer road trips

Nothing says summer more than a summer road trip.

Over the next few months, many of us will take to the road, individually, as families, and in festive groups. There will be playlists. There will be stops in strange and exotic places. There will be nights spent in cheap motels. The culmination will be unexplored destinations, beaches, lakefronts, and all manner of additional curiosities.

Clearly, the car matters. My memories of childhood road trips in summertime are as much about a Buick station wagon as as where the family was going

Fortunately, at Business Insider we drive just about everything from minivans to Rolls-Royces. So we’ve put together a list of amazing summer road-trip rides, from the basic and utilitarian to the absurdly luxurious.

I’ll be the first to admit that practicality wasn’t always our guide. In numerous cases, the hot car won out over the ones that handle simple A-B duty.

So yes, some of these machines will get you to where you’re going with more style than luggage space. So be it!

Read on to see what we recommend.