When sketching, Tue Beijer made this early sketch illustrating his ideas behind the structure of the BeBi. The sketch shows the difference between an animal with skeleton and one with shell as supporting structure. Most animals have a skeleton with skin wrapped around it. Others, like the lobster are designed the other way around. Their “skeleton” is also their skin and that makes them both very light and strong at the same time. Comparing with common race-car design the classic way is to use a steel frame chassis with a metal or glass fibre body skin wrapped around it. The modern race car is designed like the lobster making it very strong and light. But even very modern Le Mans cars use a light body skin to cover the composite monocoque so Tue Beijer decided to go all the way and let the monocoque also become the center body part. For the eye he also studied some of our mutual favourite car designs like the Bizzarrini 5300 Strada that looks like it is doing 300 km/h standing still and of course the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale with it´s extremely both masculine and feminine (read sexy) rear body. Beijer also looked at some contemporary Le Mans racers for technical design solutions that could make functional styling.