Front drive or rear drive? Depends what you are happiest with. I guess you must mean an E46 330Ci, not the E92 I thought you meant before. The BMW is classier, but not the best looking BMW ever built. The Ford has a sensational engine that even forms the basis of Aston Martin V12s. Of these two to drive I prefer the Ford, but we're talking her of cars 10-15 years old so condition especially of the suspension will be everything.