Whether you’re planning on doing some car camping out of it or simply driving it to your preferred trailhead before embarking on an overnight hike, no vehicle is quite as well-suited to camping as the sport-utility vehicle. Like trucks, sport-utes offer the added ground clearance and payload and towing capacity to haul ample people and cargo; like cars, they offer a completely enclosed space for making sure valuable items don’t fly away (either due to breeze or theft). A

Cargo Space: 24.2/62.1 cubic

Okay, sure, calling the Kia Soul an SUV is a bit of stretch. Still, if you don’t need all-wheel-drive and can live with 6.7 inches of ground clearance (which, to be fair, is only 0.6 inches less than the Seltos), it’s hard to beat the Soul’s versatile interior for the price. You may be tempted by the off-road-esque X-Line Trim seen here, but don’t be fooled; the base LX has just as much capability.
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