The Little Car Show in Monterey, California

They say that big is beautiful, and in the US it’s true that XXL tends to win every time. But in the run up to the Pebble Beach Concours there’s an event which is under the radar for many Monterey showgoers – the little car show.

Held in the backstreets of Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula and free to enter, The Little Car Show sees around 100 cars gathered to celebrate being small. More specifically, they all have engines that displace less than 1,601cc. Well, in theory; we spotted a Jaguar E-Type and two Mercedes 300SLs in there somewhere…

By Richard Dredge, contributor, MSN Cars