Vince Bond Jr.

Dealers see the hiring of the former Ford executive as a sign Stellantis will give the brand the care — and investment — it needs.

Christine Feuell will head a brand that is short on product and in need of direction, but she willl be given time to turn it around.

The design team wanted to deliver a modern statement with the hulking SUVs, not create a retro feel for the revived nameplate.

Olivier Francois' passion for building brands will be even more demand in his role as the marketing chief of Stellantis, which combined the nine marques of Fiat Chrysler with five more from PSA.

Stellantis' CEO says he is affording each of the 14 brands melded together from FCA and PSA Group a decade to execute a successful business plan.

Chief Financial Officer Richard Palmer says the company is working to get a better handle on how its supply chain is holding up with several important launches on the horizon.

The charges say the managers' work included calibrating several software features in the vehicles' emissions control systems to meet emissions standards.

The newly combined entity — now the world's fourth-largest automaker based on FCA's and PSA Group's 2019 sales — has to plot strategies for a long list of brands as it responds to evolving consumer preferences and economic uncertainty created by the pandemic.

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, in an exclusive interview, said the next steps for his new leadership group will be executing cost-saving ideas and completing bottom-up strategic planning.

The brand will remain a force in the U.S. and make more inroads globally as a cornerstone of the merged Fiat Chrysler and PSA automakers.

Vijay Sankaran, who had spent 12 years with the automaker until 2013, is the former chief information officer of TD Ameritrade. He will be tasked with speeding the development and application of technology, software and data.

The automaker, in one of its final quarterly financial reports before its planned merger with PSA, said it earned $3 billion in North America, up 26 percent from a year ago.

The Grand Wagoneer, one of Jeep's storied nameplates, is being resurrected as a tech-laden, plug-in hybrid concept that includes the industry's first passenger infotainment screen in an SUV.

U.S. District Judge Paul Borman ruled that new evidence GM brought in its amended complaint was "too speculative." The automaker said it will appeal the ruling.

FCA said GM's attempt to revive a federal racketeering case that a judge dismissed in July with new claims of bribery and corporate espionage is "meritless and should be denied."