Looking for a car, advice?

[SlitherinSisters]

So I'm graduating soon and my sister turns 16 in June, and she's buying my current car. I'm on my second Jetta and would love to get a third, but they ruined my Jetta. I think it's absolutely hideous. I'm interested in the TDI, but I would like a car that I can take vacations in comfortably, and have a family in. The back seat of the Jetta sucks, and I'm assuming that's the same for the TDI. The Passat is a maybe, I still think it's, eh. I do love all the perks VW has, I've always thought they were ahead of the curve for an economic car.

As for other options, I would like a car that wouldn't cost a billion dollars to fix. I change the oil in my Jetta because it's a turbo and it's crazy what shops will charge just for synthetic oil.... anyhow, I drove a '10 Ford Fusion (that's my max price range), and I was not impressed. It has got its perks, it's synced, it's pretty (ish ) it's a good sized car, but the power, there was none.

So, any clue/advice about what I should drive next and what year I should look at? I don't have a thing that I have to be the first person to own the car. I would rather get a car that is a year or two old so it's quite a bit less expensive.

In a nut shell:
Good MPG
Not ugly
Comfortable
Manual
Some power!!!

Oh, and I want a car that I can have forever. I don't know much about other cars and how long they last, but I pack on the miles. My VW has 150k miles on it and I'm still driving it 1,500+ miles a month.