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.

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,

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

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.

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.

Stellantis insiders are saying that Tavares was the key driver of the Hemi V-8's death in its passenger cars. C arlos Tavares is gone as Stellantis' CEO, and in the aftermath of h

Kuniskis, a household name and major driving force for the Auburn Hills-based automaker, returns to lead the RAM brand after originally retiring.