I am dying to make a smart ass remark, but I won't. Quoth Car and Driver and Brock Yates comparing the CL-S 6 speed to the 330Ci 5 speed:

"Although the impression persisted that the Acura design team might have shown a bit more leg with regard to the Acura's externals, our reservations about its handling went out the window after the first curve was negotiated. The car's spanking-new helical limited-slip differential produces an amazing transformation that conceals any suggestion that it is a front-driver. Logged one tester after a hard pass through a series of switchbacks, "Phobic about front drive, bud? Try this! I got your front drive right here!" Another notation: "Love the way this bites into corners. The limited slip really works. Inspires lots of confidence."

Perhaps a 10/10ths all-out thrash on a racetrack might reveal front-drive handling quirks such as torque steer and latent understeer owing to the CL's 60/40 weight distribution. But brisk highway travel (7-8/10ths) offers up a package with predictable, neutral handling and minimal body roll. The Acura CL is simply the finest-handling front-drive road car we've ever tested."

"The test track revealed numbers that can only be related to a simple lack of rubber."

"Although the Bimmer hooks up with crablike resolve in the corners, it produces considerably more body roll than the Acura. "

Handling was not even a factor in the comparison. The only major factors were price, comfort, and braking.