Explore Our Best Vehicles for Road Trips

Do you spend your holidays on road trips with your family? Are your weekends full of trips to distant camp sites, festival grounds, or to hot restaurants in nearby towns?

Real road warriors understand the importance of finding the right vehicle for their travel group and Step One CDJR here in Forth Walton put our heads together to create a list of vehicles that are great for the Passenger Princesses, Caffeinated Cruisers, Backseat Bookworms, and other road trip fans in Florida.

What’s a Great SUV for a Road Trip Near Mobile, AL?

The Dodge Durango is the ultimate SUV for road tripping when you’re traveling with a family, their luggage, and perhaps a boat or camper trailer. The reasons for this are multitudinous:

• The Durango is stylish as all get out and everyone in the family will want to be seen in it.
• It has comfortable seating for up to 7 passengers while offering 17.2 cubic feet of storage behind the 3^rd
• This Dodge SUV can tow up to 8,700 pounds when properly equipped. That’s plenty for most recreational boats, campers, or a toy hauler filled with ATVs.
• There’s an available Hellcat trim level with 710 horsepower that makes merging, passing, and getting to your destination quickly a simple affair. Can you ever have enough power?
• Available Adaptive Cruise Control helps all those miles pass in a safe and comfortable way
• Uconnect offers Android Auto and Apple CarPlay access to your road trip squad’s music, audiobooks, and podcasts.

The Step One team would love a chance to show you how the Durango will far surpass your needs for road trips. Call us with questions about this capable Dodge SUV.

Is There a Good Road Trip Vehicle to Sleep In?

We suppose that any vehicle will work as a temporary bedroom if you’re tired enough, but we have a much better solution to offer if you’re considering a road trip vehicle in which you can comfortably sleep.

Have you experienced the Jeep Gladiator yet? It’s our amazing blend of Jeep Wrangler and pickup truck that gives you tremendous flexibility, Jeep’s famed off-road abilities, and the shocking ability to serve as a road trip bedroom.

Don’t worry – we’re not prompting you to sleep in the back seat, although that might be a great solution for some folks! We’re instead suggesting you take advantage of the Gladiator’s bed and add a quality tent. There are options available from several respected camping outfitters, and they’ll prepare you for a great adventure.

Another path for camping on your Gladiator is the addition of a camper shell over the bed and the addition of a roof top tent. That combo of camping gear will get you further off the ground and even more removed from any snakes slithering around your camp site.

(The Gladiator can also tow up to a maximum of 7,000 pounds when properly equipped, so you also have plenty of options available when it comes to enclosed camping trailers for your road trip sleep needs.)

Check Out Another Favorite Family Road Trip Vehicle

Sliding passenger doors are a powerful motivator for families, but they’re just the beginning of a laundry list of reasons the Chrysler Pacifica is a favorite road trip vehicle for families around Navarre, Florida.

Let’s look at a selection from that long list of why buy items for the Pacifica Hybrid minivan:

• Stow ‘n Go seating is the ultimate in flexibility when it comes to traveling with people and cargo. You’ll have the crazy adaptability offered by 243 possible seating configurations in a Pacifica in the Touring L gas model, and still enjoy a dizzying array of choices with 81 possibilities with a Pacifica Hybrid.
• Speaking of Hybrids: the Pacifica Plug in Hybrid offers an amazing combined fuel economy rating of 82 mpge. The Pacifica will often run in gasoline mode but returns wallet friendly efficiency there as well with an EPA rating of 30 MPG combined. The Pacifica and Pacifica Hybrid will shine in road trips that cover both long highway stretches and navigating your next exciting new city.
• The gasoline Pacifica is available with optional All Wheel Drive which opens the possibility of taking your road trip group down some dirt roads to expand your adventure options but adds extra confidence in other driving situations where the road gets slick.
• You can add rear seat entertainment to help keep the passengers from staging mini-revolts as the miles and hours pass.

There are many other reasons to consider a Pacifica or Pacifica Hybrid as your next road trip vehicle, and we are excited to show you how these vehicles are fantastic family vehicles.

Our Best Road Trip SUV for a Family of Four

The Durango is an amazing SUV, but we know that not every family needs or wants a vehicle that big. We have a fantastic road trip solution for families of four around Niceville, Florida: the Jeep Compass.

The Compass is the introduction to Jeep’s lineup of 4WD vehicles for many customers, and it’s a high quality, efficient, and safe way to get your family and friends to Point B on your road trips.

Highlights for road tripping families who are considering the Compass include:

• Standard 4WD for enhanced capability in safety in all driving situations, plus that treasured ability to go a bit off the well-worn paths.
• A starting MSRP of $27,495 for the 2024 Compass Sport 4×4 makes it an affordable family vehicle that leaves more money for road trip snacks and family dinners in your new favorite downtown area.
• Fuel Economy estimates of 24 City / 32 Highway / 27 Combined mean you’ll be able to go further between fill stops – but we can’t help you with bathroom breaks.
• Available Adaptive Cruise Control is there to help pass the miles in safety and comfort.
• You’ll have the option to tow a light popup trailer behind your Compass thanks to its maximum towing capacity of 2,000 pounds when properly equipped.
• Cargo space behind the second row of seats is almost 27 cubic feet, and you’ll have almost 60 cubic feet available when it’s just two people on a road trip and you can fold the second row down. That’s plenty of cargo flexibility.

Find Your Best Vehicle to Travel in Around Fort Walton Beach

You may be looking for the most comfortable, or the safest, or the smoothest riding, or the most efficient vehicle as you consider your next road trip chariot and the Step One CDJR team is here to help with that search.

We’re proud to offer the new vehicle line ups from Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram as well as Fiat. If we can’t find your perfect road trip vehicle in our expansive new vehicle inventory, there’s a good chance we’ve got a match to your needs in our absolutely massive Pre-Owned inventory.

Looking for a service touch up before your next road trip? Schedule your Service Appointment with the Step One team and hit the road confident your vehicle has been professionally maintained.

Have questions for our team? Give us a call at (850) 750-8170 or visit us in our beautiful dealership located at 541 Mary Ester Cut Off NW right here in Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548.