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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.

Multiple anonymous sources in the story mentioned Tavares’ “arrogance,” including overruling his U.S. executives about keeping the popular Hemi V-8 engine. “’Everybody wanted to keep [Hemi],’ said one source. But it was, ‘You need to be ...

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

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

In addition to his decision to kill the Hemi V8, CNBC reports Mr Tavares has also been criticised by current and former executives for a relentless focus on cost-cutting at the expense of product and relationships with suppliers, unions and dealers; and an unwillingness to listen to American executives about the US market.

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.

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,

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.