Yes, I know I'm getting a little too automotive, what with two successive postings featuring cars; I hope the anti-materialistic cultural cognoscenti out there will forgive me. But it's Jaguar's 75th birthday, and the Daily Telegraph has chosen to honor the occasion with some fine autoportraits. The one above, incidentally, is of my own mechanical cat ('04 S-Type). Long may she roll.

So far, Indian ownership has been a boon for Jaguar, although as a hidebound old codger, I wish they'd kept one of the older designs alive. Still, even a hidebound old c. can concede that the new XJ is a stunner.

Here's to another 75.