Carlos Tavares may have been directly responsible for the 5.7L V8 Hemi being shelved, say new reports In other news, recently retired exec Tim Kuniskis is back at Ram and ready to help turn things around Sales for the truck brand are off almost 25% in America through September this year

Carlos Tavares abruptly left Stellantis even mentioning "different views," though his departure was not scheduled to happen before early 2026

A new report sheds light on the tensions at Stellantis that led to its CEO, Carlos Tavares, resigning this week.

Carlos Tavares, the former CEO of Stellantis, led the European automotive conglomerate that absorbed Fiat Chrysler Automobiles since its inception in 2021, but his recent departure has opened the story vault of internal clashes and micromanagement, according to a new report from CNBC.

Former Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares personally helped kill off the legendary Hemi V8, former co-workers claim. “Everyone wanted to keep [the Hemi],” a Stellantis source told CNBC this week following Tavares’s departure. The Hemi V8 is still available as a crate engine, and in select body-on-frame models, but not in the new Charger.

We’ve told you about Carlos Tavares’ abrupt departure as CEO of Stellantis, the world’s fourth-largest automaker, and we’ve outlined what his successor must do to reverse the company’s downward trends.

Carlos Tavares, the former CEO of Stellantis, led the European automotive conglomerate that absorbed Fiat Chrysler Automobiles since its inception in 2021, but his recent departure has opened the story vault of internal clashes and micromanagement,

The now former CEO of Ram and Jeep parent Stellantis has been accused of ignoring his American executives and mistakenly killing the Hemi V8.

Unnamed sources at Stellantis are reportedly claiming that former CEO Carlos Tavares was the driving factor behind the decision to remove the Hemi V-8 from passenger cars.