The Nissan is just a school-run car with polished wheels.

The BMW is a pre-facelift 2nd gen 1-Series, which always looked as if the manufacturer had intentionally styled it to look so bad that any buyer who could afford to would step up to a 3-Series.

Is either of those cool?

Both look like cars driven by a ssholes.

Neither, both bland looking but for school run and shopping the Nissan would be best.

before you pick a car because it is "cooler", remember that THIEVES may think it is cooler too, meaning more likely to be stolen and thus far more expensive to insure.

What do you mean by "cooler"? Surely air-conditioning makes the cooler?