Former Stellantis CEO Tavares Killed the Hemi V-8 FREDERICK FLORIN - "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ca

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.

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

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.

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.

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