Thanks to all for your comments. I will be enjoying my Jaguar experience! As regards the man who was told to enjoy his "Mondeo" when parking his X Type, Jeremy Clarkson summed that up by saying that 98% of our DNA is shared with Chimpanzees, it's the 2% that is important. And of course if it's good enough for the Queen then...
With the S type, development was shared with Ford, and Jaguar technicians were involved in making the Mustang handle, no-one calls a Mustang a Jaguar. The Bentley uses a VW platform, Ford Ka is Fiat 500 as is the Panda and Alfa Mito, Saab used Vauxhall platforms..and so on across the motoring spectrum. One of Fords engineers said that a platform is only a set of numbers...
I will definitely try to get to a breakfast meet at Gaydon.
Thanks once again.