Mole

Mole Automobiles was an Italian coachbuilding marque created in the mid-2010s by designer Umberto Palermo under his Turin-based UP Design studio. Publicly announced in 2016 as “Mole,” and often presented as Mole Costruzione Artigianale, it specialized in bespoke, hand-built projects rather than mass production. Sources variously dated the label’s beginnings to 2013–2014 concept work, but the brand launch was stated in 2016. Operations and design were centered in the Turin…