In this episode of MotorTrend’s Head 2 Head show there is no luxury saloon or sports car. This time Jonny Lieberman has come up with a down to earth challenge to show us the best hybrid family bus money can buy today. He pits the 2012 Toyota Prius V against Ford’s 2013 C-MAX Hybrid SEL.

Regardless of the usual advantages and drawbacks of cars like these, it is surprising how much fun Jonny finds in driving each of them, especially the Ford. The C-Max is based on the Focus, which has one of the best drives in its class.

So there you go then. This video can be very useful for anyone shopping for a new hybrid family car: