Present Ram and Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis will step down as of June 1, Stellantis introduced on Friday. Present Chrysler CEO Christine Feuell will substitute him at Ram whereas persevering with her management function at Chrysler. Matt McAlear will take over as the brand new boss of Dodge, stepping up from his earlier place because the chief for Dodge gross sales operations.
Kuniskis’ profession with Stellantis stretches over 30 years, beginning in district gross sales for Chrysler elements and repair in 1993. He ascended to senior manger for vendor operations in 2003, served as director for Chrysler advertising and marketing in 2009, and have become the pinnacle of Fiat in North America in 2011.
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Kuniskis rose to his first CEO place with Dodge in 2013. He went on to carry varied management roles amid the Fiat-Chrysler evolution by the 2010s. He endured the Stellantis merger and accepted his present Dodge CEO place in 2021. He added Ram CEO to his portfolio in 2023.
In 2014 Kuniskis turned the pinnacle of Dodge and SRT manufacturers, simply because the supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V-8 engine hit the scene. Producing 707 horsepower for the Dodge Charger and Challenger, it reset the bar for efficiency and ushered in a brand new golden age of muscle vehicles from Detroit. Underneath Kuniskis’s management, Dodge turned a pure efficiency model that finally introduced the Hellcat V-8 to each mannequin within the lineup. He was a vocal proponent of the “Brotherhood of Muscle”—the core group of Dodge consumers who lived and breathed the Hemi V-8 engine.
Some would possibly say he tied the Hemi with Dodge somewhat too tightly. His retirement is timed with the tip of the V-8 period at each Dodge and Ram. The Challenger is useless, and the brand new Charger will supply an electrical powertrain or a twin-turbocharged inline-six engine. The identical goes for Ram, which loses Hemi V-8 choices in lieu of the twin-turbo six or the venerable 3.6-liter V-6.
“I wish to take the chance to warmly thank Tim for his ardour, dedication, and contributions to Stellantis and in defining the imaginative and prescient of the long run electrified Ram and Dodge manufacturers,” stated Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares. “I want him nicely in his retirement.”
