Traded my beloved Mini Cooper for the XFs a few months ago. I'm still grinning from ear to ear. What an awesome car. Here are some pics from when I bought it.

 

It won't be as nimble as your Mini but the handling is superb nonetheless. The XF will also ride much better than the Mini.

Enjoy that British driving feel which is like the Mini in that respect. Especially if you owned the series 2 Mini with the Peugeot derived engine as that later Mini had a much better ride and was more British than the first one with the Brazilian built Pentastar Chrysler engine.

The Ford built XF engine is superb as is the ZF automatic transmission.

 

I recently traded my S Type for an XF, and am loving the improvment. So far, everything about the XF is better: acceleration, ride, cornering, and usable trunk space.

 

Jaguar took all the excellent engineering from the S Type and clothed it in a fresh Jaguar look. The excellent ride,handling and performance derive directly from the last of the S Types.

 

Happy driving , XFs look nicer than S Types as well