Tender vittle: 2008 Ligier Be Up by Giugiaro

BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY– Minimalist design, 85 km/h (50+ mph) top speed, only 750 km on the odo

Tender vittle: 2008 Ligier Be Up by Giugiaro

⚑ Yeah, we’re really going to do this.

It’s your curiosity—and mine—that led you here, and I must say it’s glad to have you staring at a four-wheeled beach-ready scaffold from France.

That’d be selling this quadricycle short. Face it, how many microcars are there from a former Formula 1 constructor? Just Ligiers. Ligier has been building small vehicles for ages and is actually now one of the world’s largest manufacturers of microcars.