I don't think a split would really be the best thing for Stellantis as a company I do feel that each market should be it's own separate entity in the company but a spit would be detrimental to the company as a whole. The thing is though, we can not afford to do what we've done for the last 20 years and have everything solely focus on producing one type of car. I love American V8 performance but that has to be a very small part of the Mopar brands moving forward. I'm all for SRT and GLH to be a big part of Mopar performance, especially for Dodge but I think it's time to go about this in a different way than just complete old school '60's style brute force American tradition. I still stand on my thoughts of each brand having it's own distinct mission under the Mopar umbrella and I still believe the STLA medium, STLA Large and STLA frame platforms are major keys to the future of the North American brands, even if big V8's and muscle cars are not. If we really look at it, genuine American Luxury brands are mostly on life support right now. Not just because they're really not affordable, but chances are if you go to an upper echelon in trim packages, all of the luxury you would get in a luxury car is pretty much right there. Look at just about any American truck brand once you get to a Limited-type trim and you'll see what I mean. That right there pretty much renders the Chrysler brand about as obsolete as Buick or Lincoln. Especially with the Jeep brand or even if Dodge brought the Citadel trim levels back and used them on more than just the Durango. If the rumors are correct Ram is bringing a full size SUV back to compete with the Tahoe and the Expedition and anything that Ram has that features a Limited, Longhorn or Tungsten package is automatically going to be a luxury vehicle. TBH, the RHO and TRX trim levels are luxury performance vehicle in an of themselves so even a Ram SUV with either of those packages will be impressive. Jeep has the Grand Wagoneer and the Grand Cherokee as their luxury vehicles so again, a complete line of luxury/premium vehicles from Chrysler may prove to be un-necessary, unless Chrysler wants to move directly into the EV market and bring out vehicles that compete with Tesla, Kia and Hyundai in the EV market space, which isn't a bad idea. There is definitely a genuine market for electric vehicles and even being rushed to market, the idea of what Stellantis wanted to do with the Charger, the Recon, the Wagoneer S, the Ram REV and the Ram Ramcharger were actually brilliant ideas just in the wrong vehicles. Take away the muscle car names and no one would be upset about a 670hp EV Chrysler Airflow performance crossover, a better designed Chrysler Halcyon EV sport sedan and a Chrysler Pacifica S EV 670hp performance Minivan or even a Chrysler Imperial full size EV SUV with the Ramcharger EV system. Give them that 3-speed gearbox, dual motors, the upcoming battery technology, great styling, and even the Fratzonic exhaust and nearly everyone would have been okay with this. Why? Because it's not disrespectful to heritage vehicles. No different with the six pack engine. If Dodge had brought the new Charger out as the Dodge Intrepid SXT and Intrepid R/T with the new 3-liter twin turbo hurricane engines and everything the Charger has right now, tweaked the body styling up front just a little bit so it had more of that sleek front end like a Modernized Intrepid, no one would have batted an eye. No one would have complained about weight or anything everyone would have been excited about Dodge bringing out something "different." Dodge could have brought out an Intrepid SRT with a hybrid version of the Hurricane-6 and no one would have been upset because the Intrepid sedan is associated with a six-cylinder engine. Dodge could have also brought out an Intrepid GLH with a turbocharged 2.0L Hybrid and people would have been cool with it. Dodge could literally bring back the Neon, the Caliber, the Journey (all three on the STLA Medium platform), the Avenger (M8 Grand Coupe), Intrepid (M5) the Dart (M3), the Hornet (X4M), the Nitro (X5M, basically a hybrid Dodge version of the Jeep Recon) and the Durango (X6M) (all on the STLA Large Platform) and flood the market with the largest selection of affordable performance vehicles on the market hands down with more horsepower options than any single American brand period. Trim levels such as SXT, Citadel, GT, R/T, GLH & SRT could literally rock the market to it's core with none of these vehicles having a single V8 for CAFE to bother anyone about. Dodge can genuinely bring the noise and power with AWD hybrids with the new Hurricane-4 EVO turbocharged engine and the new ZF Gen-4 EVO plug in hybrid 8-speed in anything built on the STLA Large platform or the Hurricane-6 H/O with that same ZF Gen-4 EVO hybrid transmission. Add to that Direct Connection upgrades and now Dodge has a future. You take those nine Dodge vehicles with those five trim levels and now Dodge can go back to being the mainstream vehicle line with several different options (mostly hybrid) and Chrysler can mainstream the premium EV line while Jeep provides premium hybrid utility vehicles for on and off the trails. This leads to a future of Mopar performance that the EPA can not touch and still pays homage to certain chapters of Mopar Performance without the negative backlash of using heritage names for vehicles where those names don't fit. You still now have the Ram truck brand which is gearing up for the return of the Dakota and the birth of an SUV (hopefully Ramcharger). Personally, I would have loved to have seen a Ram Rampage built in the US on the STLA Large platform with a properly setup drivetrain (longitudinal with an 8peed gearbox) sitting under the new Dakota pickup, that would be hurricane-only powered. That kind of split would allow for the Ram 1500 to separate itself with a bigger blend of Hemi/Hurricane powertrains, while the Ram HD would receive diesel only powertrains, reducing the amount of V8 engines in the lineup. A portfolio like this would move the brand into a more balanced direction and still offer the performance without the punishment.
While this would be a way forward for the North American segment of Stellantis, Stellantis EU is a completely different animal. It makes alot of business sense for Stellantis to invest in partnerships with Chinese companies in that specific market for several of the Stellantis brands over there. Outside of Maserati, Fiat and Alfa Romeo, the other brands are not heritage brands so diluting them by blending them with the Chinese brands will allow Stellantis to grow in a completely different market. that absolutely makes good business sense. When it comes to the Stellantis European heritage brands, the Chinese influence needs to be left completely out of anything that involves the three brands of Maserati, Fiat and Alfa. Australia needs to be restored to it's I-6 Mopar muscle glory days and the Latin market seems to be doing good right now so to me (just my opinions), this would be a beneficial future for Stellantis as whole.
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