That little man in green you see above is MotorTrend’s Jonny Lieberman who on this episode of his Head 2 Head show gets two diesel-powered SUVs seriously dirty. The goal here is to find out which of these 55 grand oil-burning, hard-working SUVs are better at tackling an off-road course, and which is better at being a car for every opportunity. It’s the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel vs 2013 Volkswagen Touareg.

Hit the jump for some fascinating consumer advice.