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Stellantis Begins Search For A Successor For Tavares

Stellantis Begins Search For A Successor For Tavares​

Tavares' Contract Expires in January 2026...​


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Stellantis has officially begun the search for a successor to CEO Carlos Tavares, whose contract expires in January 2026. The automaker stated that while it is seeking a new leader, Tavares could extend his tenure beyond this date.

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Stellantis Begins Search For A Successor For Tavares

Stellantis has officially begun the search for a successor to CEO Carlos Tavares, whose contract expires in January 2026. The automaker stated that while it is seeking a new leader, Tavares could extend his tenure beyond this date.
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redriderbob said:

Stellantis Begins Search For A Successor For Tavares​

Tavares' Contract Expires in January 2026...​


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Stellantis has officially begun the search for a successor to CEO Carlos Tavares, whose contract expires in January 2026. The automaker stated that while it is seeking a new leader, Tavares could extend his tenure beyond this date.

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Stellantis Begins Search For A Successor For Tavares

Stellantis has officially begun the search for a successor to CEO Carlos Tavares, whose contract expires in January 2026. The automaker stated that while it is seeking a new leader, Tavares could extend his tenure beyond this date.
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why wait till 26 (time to go) bring back the hemi
 
Hopefully they bring someone who understands the US market, yet can meet the regulations.
 
I had high hopes for Carlos, but he thinks too much in his magic and he just could not find any rabbits in his hat this time for Stellantis.
Seems these guys have too much ego and a real lack of respect and understanding of markets, especially America. Could anyone get Dodge and Chrysler so wrong, so very wrong? Probably watched too much soccer and not enough NASCAR. Look, the guy talked a good line of BS, but what he did not do is deliver. Let’s move on with my suggestion, Dodge man Timmy K. who did himself honor in walking and would turn this show around faster than a Hemi in a next generation Challenger.
 
I think Tim Kuniskis would be perfect for Stellantis. The question would be if he wants to come out of retirement. He is only 57 years old so he has a lot of years ahead of him if he would want this job.
 
bluskye said:
I think Tim Kuniskis would be perfect for Stellantis. The question would be if he wants to come out of retirement. He is only 57 years old so he has a lot of years ahead of him if he would want this job.
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I retired at 56 and was bored to death. Like me Kuniskis would love to show has stuff.
 
I have a feeling Tim leaving wasn’t exactly his decision, meaning he wasn’t ready to be done. Now, whether he just wanted out due to internal pressure and fighting, or that was basically the ultimatum, I don’t know. He was essentially forced out I think.
 
We had a saying back East when I lived there. "They don't lay you off, they p*ss you off. That is probably Tim's situation.
 
I genuinely wish him well on whatever future endeavors he may pursue. Honestly even after his tenure of CEO, I think Carlos may actually be an asset to Stellantis, especially for the european side of the equation. To me, Stellantis, being a multinational corporation, I feel as though it may be best to have someone overseeing each section of the world that the business operates in. Clearly Tavares has experience and a bit more knowledge with the european market, which explains why he moves things in the manner that he does. His focus on small vehicles with small displacement engines makes sense for the european market with the STLA small & medium platforms working to his advantage.

While the changes in the climate of the automotive industry may never return us to the days of Hellcats & Hemis, we do have a way forward in this post-V8 Mopar world that we are currently in. I feel like whoever does succeed Mr. Tavares needs to not only understand the American auto industry but also have an understanding of the Mopar brand which includes the history of the brand and the passion of it's customers. Basically we need another person with the mindset and energy of Tim Kuniskis, or the original legend himself, to steer the Mopar brands in the right direction. While the Mopar brands might not have always had 440-six packs and 426 Street Hemi V8 engines, the brands have always been about performance, style and personalization. There were the glory days of the late 60's and early '70's muscle cars but there was also the period of the mid to late 70's that brought us vehicles like the emissions loophole exploiting lil red express pickup truck, the stylish Street Van, Power Wagon pickups (even though they were around a little before that) and a few other cool rebellious vehicles. There was even the early 70's Dodge Dart Demon, the original Demon muscle car, which had a 340ci small block but it was an inexpensive secondary muscle car that did things in a big way, like original T/A challenger with the same sized 340ci V8 engine. The 80's brought us the GLH vehicles which lead to the SRT4 which birthed the SRT8 monsters we love so much. The point is, Mopar means performance, no matter how many cylinders are under the hood. Stellantis North American needs someone who will bring Direct Connection to the forefront and make it profitable while also bringing GLH & SRT back to to forefront as well. But even with all of that, there is so much more to the Mopar brands than just pure unadulterated muscle. Our history of innovation includes the birth of the minivan, impressive affordable luxury in the 90's from cars like the Chrysler 300M, the Chrysler LHS & the Chrysler Concorde, the legendary Jeep brand and our top of the line Ram brand pickup trucks. We need a CEO that can understand how to respect what has brought the brand this far and can move those same ideals into the future, while still being efficient and compliant with the EPA. Someone that will truly repurpose the brands the way the need to be and set things up to where each brand can be affordable and profitable. Stellantis, as it stands, is already set up for success with the STLA Large and Frame Platforms, the Hurricane-6 powertrains and the ZF 8-speed Gen 4 transmission. Power, efficiency and market flexibility to make several different types of vehicles all on two very capable platforms are all right there and available for Stellantis to restore the Mopar brands to where they need to be in the North American market. If we can get someone who can understand and truly deliver a future like this, the Mopar brands will survive and flourish
 
bluskye said:
I think Tim Kuniskis would be perfect for Stellantis. The question would be if he wants to come out of retirement. He is only 57 years old so he has a lot of years ahead of him if he would want this job.
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BRING BACK TIM!!!! BRING BACK TIM!!!!!
 
a trio of Tim Kuniskis, Ralph Gilles and Frank Rhodes Jr. might be an awesome direction forward
 
Frank Rhodes Jr is as qualified to run the company as I am qualified to fly a rocket to mars. He can’t be taken remotely seriously.
 
scatpack_69 said:
Frank Rhodes Jr is as qualified to run the company as I am qualified to fly a rocket to mars. He can’t be taken remotely seriously.
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As a personal friend of Frank, he honestly doesn't want to run the company. He would love to be able to bring the company back into U.S. ownership and find the right people to run the company.
 
redriderbob said:
As a personal friend of Frank, he honestly doesn't want to run the company. He would love to be able to bring the company back into U.S. ownership and find the right people to run the company.
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Last US ownership nearly was allowed to sell the company off in parts, one has to be more wise than this. Merit is more important than Nationality.

In my lifetime the Company has been only run well under 2 people a Swiss American and an Italian Canadian.

Running a modern company with complex regulatory environment (both safety and environmental) and global source absolute....... you have to have the proper scale to operate.

No offense to Frank, but his proposal comes off as fan fiction. Would Love to sit down and understand it better but as it is presented it doesn't make sense other than a lot of fan service. Intellectual Populism.... things fans want to hear without real problem solving. Mostly ignores operational and regulatory realities.... and cost structures.

It is not impossible to Greenfield..... Chinese are Greenfield the hell out of the Automotive industry. New people popping up every day, with actually quite nice products. But not ICE, ice is amazing complex and expensive. But not to US safety and quality Standards and often very little after sale support. They also as odd as it seems live in a way more encouraging entrepreneurial regulatory environment (which is damn sad if you ask me). And large capacity and concentrations of talent, hungry talent.

I guess I have been behind the curtain too long to see this anything other than fanciful folly, something to talk about on a forum.

Truth is as much as don't care for Pepe LeCheapskate. None of the current NA issue fall on him, some on the merger and platform but those who were on their 3-5 year NDA merger retention contracts. Resetting the implementation approval and financing has the company product starved. That is not on him that is on the merger team and board.

I miss when this place used to have honest discussion about product.... not this partisan, Xeno centric, social media style bitch and flame fest.

Oh well such is the world.

Mark my word if the company doesn't shifted damn fast to Hybrid EVs... Like the Koreans and Japanese... soon Chinese it will mean the slow decline into irrelevance.

You can't make 2 identical vehicles that run down two separate assembly lines with different floor stampings it doesn't work. Americans will not adopt full EV in a manner that regulators wish or do they want too.

But what Toyota and Honda have already proven is that people don't care if the engine is attached to wheels as long as it has one and place to put gas.
 
I'm not convinced he's going anywhere, I'm sure that if he left the Hemi would not come back - not immediately anyway and not sure the problems facing the company would be resolved.
 
We can only hope someone that understands both the US and Canadian markets replaces him
 
Yes, Tim Kuniskis and Ralph Gilles are part of the group that brought the best looking, most exciting vehicles in recent memory.

They are not the reason we are in the awful position we are in now; Tim bailed when he saw the writing on the wall, and Ralph is still there trying to make chocolate pudding out of sh*t. Two real deal car guys doing the best they could.

Blame starts with Sergio, and ends with Tavares et al. Let’s lay blame where it belongs, this merger was failed before the ink was dry.
 
redriderbob said:
As a personal friend of Frank, he honestly doesn't want to run the company. He would love to be able to bring the company back into U.S. ownership and find the right people to run the company.
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That’s fine. He doesn’t have deep enough pockets. The only way it could happen is an investment group, we’ve been down that road before and barely survived (Cerberus).

Minus someone like Bezos or Musk, or another corporate entity (that may or may not be better than PSA was) it doesn’t happen. Can’t happen.
 
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