Stellantis Meets with Hemi V8 Godfather (Former Dodge/Ram CEO) | Hire Him Immediately!!
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- In this video I discuss news that Stellantis has been having talks with the Hemi Jesus / Hellcat Godfather - for Dodge/Ram CEO Tim Kiniskus. I also put together my Christmas Wish List from Stellantis to bring back the Jeep, Dodge and Ram brands.
Bring back the Hemi, a V8 motor ia a must in a pickup
Absolutely.. Make Jeep/Dodge/Ram great again.
Emission issues with the government. V/8 is not coming back.😥
@@gladegoodrich2297 You want to make a wager on that?
I bought my Ram 1500 in 2019. My 1st Truck and love it. I’ll keep it till the wheels drop off or until Stellantis returns the American truck back to America. Made in USA all the way.
Absolutely brother !!
Sergio Marchionne was the CEO of Fiat, then FCA; not Elkann. Marchionne was responsible for all the high performance vehicles we got and love from 2010-2018 including the Hellcat (until his death). He died in 2018 and the company began its slide immediately after. Marchionne saved Chrysler from the scrap heap.
Thanks for sharing. It's helps to be surrounded with good people.
Elkann is a terrible human being. A man that hates America so much, he renounced his American citizenship (he was born stateside). Sooooooo, let that sink in for a minute.
TK's sources are fine (I know who two of them are at the "executive" level), but they tell him certain things knowing that they'll make it to the public. So right now it's "hope" mode. Whether he knows it or not, he's just getting fed what they want to make it out to public in a sort of "leak" fashion. Conversations have been had but, he's working on Pontiac's rebirth, and it would take a miracle to get him back to Stellantis....at least right now, Stellantis isn't willing to give him the control he would need to make that company successful.
Well, Mercedes Benz brought back Rear wheel drive cars at Chrysler. The Hemi engine in passenger cars. The Chrysler 300, The Charger, The Challenger, the Superbee, the SRT truck etc etc. Mercedes turned the company back to normal. Fiat etc just run with what was there. Oh, and spread Chrysler back to the World in the late 90s, to their traditional markets.....now all destroyed by FCA, Peugot etc.
@@kramrollin69 If only Marchionne had time to hand pick the right successor for the job...he died very quickly...I think he knew trouble was ahead unless he was able to pick the right man for the job.
Tim k was ceo of Dodge brand and passenger car brands during the development of the Hellcat. He likely had a big role in its development.
I been saying that, that Tim is the perfect man to place Chysler family of automobiles back on the map that he should be the Chief Executive Officer of Stellantis
Europe is so different, they need to split the two.
Just sell those other brands.
Absolutely.. Bring the Hemi Godfather back. Make Jeep/Dodge/Ram great again.
@@The.Garage.Studio Peugeot (I had 4 so I was partial to them) had a full range of vehicles. Now? Tavares destroyed them just as completely as he did to Chrysler. Opel/Vauxhaul? They were aquired from GM because they weren't making money. Fiat is still making money but Tavares was trying to shift production to low-cost/quality locations. Nobody wants the trash Tavares created.
@@rogerrussell9544Of course, especially Poland, where they really love powerful American cars and hate electric cars.
Tim should be in charge of all of North America stellantis!
I think that's the way it's heading. Tim was just hired as CEO of Ram. Likely Stellantis is going to spin off CDJR and then appoint Tim CEO of CDJR.
Tim Kuniskas is the right man for Dodge!
The right man for Stellantis. Make Dodge/Jeep/Ram Great again !!
@@The.Garage.Studio Amen...
@@johnbeckham1483 Yes sir!!
Make Dodge Great Again!❤😊
Need a family car back in the mix. Neon in size or stratus, Breeze, 200 in size.
Yeah... not too many folks but cars/sedans anymore. Personally.. I love station wagons.. and Minivans are awesome.
@9:17 Thanks for being real.
The issue is the way options are priced.
There should be a base wrangler with manual windows and locks that you can option with axles and lockers imo.
That would be cool.
The formula to restore Mopar isn't rocket science: get rid of all EV platforms, bring back the hemi, and drop new vehicle prices to half or less of what they are today. Kill defects, make the deal one price, no haggle, and get rid of the sales floor at dealerships- service and parts only. Lifelong Mopar guy here. You're welcome.
That would do it. Don't think the dealerships and the employees would be that happy about it though.
@@The.Garage.StudioCarmax does just fine with it. Isn’t Tesla also fixed price?
@@bcbloc02 No BS. Hate the shopping experience at dealerships. Such a waste of time.
Won't happen
I don't care what Dodge does, I got my custom ordered Hellcat, and I literally love it. Never thought I'd say I love a vehicle. I'm watching from the sidelines while enjoying my Cat.
Good for you!! That's awesome. Let her rip!!
This is the guy that you all believe will cut prices really wasn’t he in charge of dodge when all these scat and cat went for a arm and a leg and he didn’t do nothing the only thing he done right was make sure a service man get his demon 170 that a dealer sold that he bought already so don’t get your hopes up for price slashes
I guess we'll see. Thanks for sharing.
A few new V 8s won’t save this company
We'll see.
I'll believe they will drop prices and improve reliability when I see it. Reliability cost money so one or the other will suffer.
At least drop the prices. Go back to the tried and true.
Greetings from Poland. We are waiting for the revival of real American products from Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Ram with the right powerful engines. We will buy them in the USA and bring them to Poland and with gratitude and pleasure operate them in Poland.
Hello Poland. Hopefully TK get's hired and can bring it back.
I bought my first challenger in 2019 I fell in love with it. The sad part was that it was only a V6 but I had to get rid of it due to economic reasons. I wanted to get back into a challenger in 2023 but unfortunately they were asking for $50K on an R/T with a 6-speed manual. I had to turn it down. Now all the dealerships around me can’t move any Stellantis products off their lots. I keep seeing the same challenger I looked at sitting on the lot rotting away because it’s too expensive. The dealership manager even took $10K off MSRP and people won’t budge on it. I think the brotherhood has stood up and said enough and I love to see it because it means the consumers are the real bosses of Stellantis and not whoever is up top.
Wanting value for your money is no crime.
Please bring him back, because I miss those commercials and we really need the HEMI horse power cars and trucks back!!
Those commercials were great.
What will the people who bought "Last Call" cars with Hemis for a premium say after being told they were the last of the Hemis and they start buildin Hemis again?
Yeah.. they're gonna be pissed.
The same thing the people that bought "one year only" hellcat Durangos lol
We need the Latest Gen of V8’s to ComeBack!! Please this go For CHEVY,DODGE,FORD
Yes!!
I have been driving RAM HEMI V8 pickups for twenty years and have a 2020 RAM now. I will not buy another one unless it has a HEMI V8 engine.
Agreed.
I’ve always said if you offer a rubicon v8 60k. Game on!
That would be a game changer. Sign me up..
With some real axles (Dana 60's). that can take 35's without breaking... And fix the reliability of jeep products, they were never Toyota reliable but really they have gone down real bad...
Bring back, take a platform & install multiple bodies. Pacifica can be Chrysler's luxury van. Voyager they need to renose and bring back Ram C/V off the cheaper Voyager. Plus hybrid cargo van. Plus a 2 door long bed pickup. If possible a chassis cab off that platform.
Great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
It seems like life was a lot quieter and more badass with your trusty GTR.
Yeah.. sometimes I miss it. The Wrangler is fun though !!
Mostly agree, but your comment that those of us that bought a 392 Wrangler probably should not have gave me pause. My 392 is neither my first or only Wrangler. Welcome to Jeep life.
Yeah.. I shouldn't have said that. My BAD..
Not much will change significantly until Stellantis no longer owns Dodge Ram Jeep….
We'll see. I have hope.
Should add cover all the emissions bs on the HD trucks. DPF isn't covered under warranty
Thanks for sharing.
Bring back Tim K live up to the mistake and fix it know
Absolutely..
I hope all this will come to fruition. I love the hellcat v8 but they're going to need to create an updated newer v8 to keep up with the industry of performance.
agreed
Still a foreign owned company that focuses and invests in green energy. They set themselves back 5 years with the money spent on EV’s and the i6 hurricane engine.
Agreed.
BHS are coming back the 5.7 l hemi possibly with a twin turbo 4.7 l Magnum V8 twin cam variable valve the 3.9 l Ferrari California architecture motor so far we know of a limited edition 4-door with a V8 come out by fall of 2025
luv it.
Yes SIr, let him speak
Thanks.
Bring him back! Maybe the only hope of salvaging this catastrophe!!! Im a CDJR Sales Rep, and a huge Mopar fan of American styling and performance. Just laid down 45K on a new Hemi Challenger, and it will possibly be the last penny I spend on a Chrysler product if they continue their current path
So hope they hire him. Congrats on the Challenger!!
@The.Garage.Studio thank you. I love it!
@@williehutchinson3181 Thank You !!
If I was in charge of the dodge branch I would make
. Replace the 5.7 hemi with the 360 but hemified lol
. Keep the pentastars but make the srt6 the hurricane engines ( in the awd avenger with a aero package with a 6 speed manual )
. Replace the 392 with the 426 n/a with all challengers and chargers being dropped down to 3800lbs
Keep the same hellcat options with the lighter body but giving super bee t/a models electric launch paired with a turbo 426
great stuff
TK has sources so deep inside Chrysler corporate that you have no idea all the information TK butter The insider an OC motivator
Thanks for sharing. Watch his latest video.. Guess 3 dudes are up for the position.. TK, the Italian - current CEO of Jeep, and an Apple CFO. Yeah.. hire TK.
@The.Garage.Studio no problem and I can keep helping you and letting you know what I know cuz I'm plugged in with certain people at GM and a Ford I was out of the car industry for a while but last four or five years but I'm back in but I started in this industry in 1979 selling cars when I was 17 years old Porsche Audi Volkswagen I was an executive at roadster Wheels one of the largest wire wheel manufacturers in the world now owned by Coker tire Avanti motor cars you can Google them own custom car shops I've had many many cars at the SEMA show and I live in Las Vegas
To make the hemi better is to get ride of timing chain tensioners put normal roller harden chain in get ride of the valve ceat issues like brodex UST to have an put heavier rollers on lifters an put the variable activation components out side the block or do away with it an change timing cover or pan to a two piece to work on oil pump an replace dorman manifold s with header style Shorty's I had good luck with mi 2015 ram 335.000 on it an only water pump brakes an tires an it's had broken manifold bolts since 90.000 good truck
thanks for sharing.
And they are working on an affordable V8 to bring back around 35 to 45,000 my friend watched TK's garage and you will learn a whole bunch of what's going on at stellantis
Thanks. He seems reputable. Someone else said he's full of crap and a clickbaiter. I don't see the clickbait unlike that Scotty Kilmer dude.
@@The.Garage.Studio he's not a clickbaiter if you watch his videos you'll see that everything he predicts happens within a month of him saying it and I've been following him for the last year and a half he has deep sources not only in stellantis executives but with the rank-and-file line workers at almost every plant and also with dealership networks
@@drdetroitwheels Good to know. Thanks.
Bring back the V6 Automatic in the Wrangler
Oh, for sure that's already coming back. They're just playing BS games to try and get rid of the leftover 24's. If Tim get's hired.. he'll stop the BS>
@@The.Garage.Studio Brilliant marketing strategy, make the leftover 24 V6 Automatic more desirable.
@@garagesale5948 Yep.. fuckers.. Tim we'll fire the guys and gals responsible for that one.
You can still get them but 2.0 Turbo is the one for the Wrangler
@@gregoryforrey5292 Oh for sure.. But almost everyone wants the penestar.
Cant just bring back the 5.7 hemi Right away. They stop making them. Their best play here… bring back the charger but put the i6 engine and make it cheaper. You want to start making cheap cars and truck to bring up sales numbers NOW. You can then work on that new v8 engine and give yourself time instead of rushing that engine back.
They need sales and need them now.
I agree that they need sales. I don't know how difficult it woiuld be to restart production on the V8. It's not like they need to learn much new.. just bring back what they are good at.
GIVE TIM FREE REIGN...RELEASE THE BEAST!
Yes !!
The people that bought these jl',s and having paint issues which includes me and issues with the cheap plasic oil coolers leaking. Which is me is bullshit when i only have 60 K on a 2018
Yep... totally agree. They need to make it right.
TK is a hard core Mopar guy, he doesn't give a rat's backside about Jeep other than it helps pay the bills to keep overpriced Hellcats, Demons and Scat Packs rolling out. And personally, I'm not really feeling all that thrilled about "Mopar Jesus". As a Jeep guy of over 40 years I'd much rather have a $30k stripped down 2 door Wrangler with a 2" liftj, 33's and the Pentatstar V6 than a $80k monster with a 392 meant to impress at the mall. Can they do both? Yes. Will they? Not under Kiniskis IMO.
Huh.. well he'd be a lot better than previous leadership. I'll take a V8 in a Wrangler any day.
If that's the case you to do recalls from 08 till know about can lifter ware in these Ram 1500 with the 5.7s
Current generation.
I hope they bring back the Cuda. Chrysler was serious about bringing it back to market a few years back before this Shit show occurred.
That was a badass car.
Nice wishing. But, none of it's going to happen. Be careful where you get your input.
Thanks for the feedback.
Don't believe a word TK says. Click bait.
Really? He has a lot of subscribers. I'll be careful. Thanks.
he better ask for a absolute butt load to come back. there is so much that has to be undone
Pay the man.. He'll fix it.
make a v-8 version of the 3.6 then you would have almost a 5.0L v-8 and put a smaller version of the hellcat super charger on it make plenty of power have a dual overhead cam v-8 like ford does and run with it all twin overhead valve engines are hemis any way
Nice.. thanks for sharing.
Make a nice truck that someone can afford. Every Ram is 5-10k more than the same equipment Chevy at the dealer across the street. I’ll be in the market for a new 3/4 ton in 18 months or so. It’s probably going to be a Silverado 6.6 gasser.
Yeah.. I'm probably getting a Gladiator. I just love that open air feeling.
Make Dodge Great Again !❤😊
Yes Brother!!
Confidence isn't going anywhere until prices hit late 2019 levels. Put up or shut up.
Agreed.
He ain't coming back guys lol. I realize it makes for great clickbait but they're not doing it. They fired all the people that helped make the company successful. They're not going to pay him. Just, lol. Come on.
I really hope you're wrong. Guess we'll see. I hope they bring them all back.
They're trying to bring him back Tim kuniskis call Ralph gills Tim kuniskis was done wrong so to bring him back in the words of the gangster Arnold rothstein nothing says I'm sorry like money 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
Thanks.
You need to get your stuff together and understand that a lot of high car prices is a result of the EPA. You can't just say: lower your prices. Stop the BS, get the govt out of the auto industry.
I agree. Trump will help with that. But other automakers haven't gone totally in the direction that Stellantis went. Stellantis raised their prices more than anyone and doesn't stand behind their products. It take real leadership.
I wish GM made a more reliable truck.
Hm.. I thought the Silverado was pretty good?
And quality,quality,quality if they lower cost w.o. quality u still get junk.
Increase the quality.. and to reassure consumers, increase the warranty.
Look bring back a very basic hemi powered car. I mean like the roadrunner from 60's .
Come on a big motor and roll up windows !
I'd buy it!!
Tim road the ship all the way to the bottom. Now people want to raise the ship from the depths and make him captain again. I'm good.
People seem to forget what happened when Tim got put in charge.
We got a lot of empty promises and sticker packs, and a lot of broken, worthless steel not even able to move under it's own power.
We got a lot of rich mans projects, we got outrageous dealer markups for years.
We got warranty work that wouldn't be honored at any dealership.
Dodge did nothing for consumers buying their branded vehicles.
We finally found out that we were not Dodge's customer. The stealership networks were. Dodge didn't care about us.
I learned all these things from personal experience while Tim ran the show. I'll never buy another new dodge again.
I don't care what they do. It's because of how poorly Tim ran the show!
I'll stick to my old dodges that I can work on.
Interesting. thanks for sharing.
The Europeans do not know that Americans do not like these types of sports cars, we here in the United States like different cars we love muscle cars, not sports cars.
Sport cars are for the yuppies. Real Men drive true muscle.
I can't believe that they have new Fiat cars costing $50,000 for that junk.
Love muscle cars!! Give me a rumbling V8.. Aaah. what a beautiful sound.
WE GET THAT THE CEO SCREWED THE COMPANY SO WE KNOW SLASHING MSRP WILL SELL VEHICLES.
SO WHATS THE PROBLEM?
Exactly.
Bring back Mike Manley
Yep.. Him too !!
Well now that the govt is heading the right way they can bring the hemi back and scrap the hurricane trash. Things drink oil wprse than my wifes POS acura and it has almost 200k on the clock.
Let's hope so.
I think there is a place for EV's. They are probably great in an urban setting. Once you are getting into the more rural settings they just don't make sense. They don't have the range to go across the country. The United States is a really big place. Some areas are sparsely populated with little or no infrastructure. Areas like that need internal combustion engines and will for the foreseeable future. Use common sense. I have been a Mopar man most of my life. That being said, I will not be purchasing any of the current Mopar cars or trucks. The build quality of them stink.
Yeah.. I have a Wrangler.. and we're getting a bigger trailer.. and I really like my Wrangler's looks and utility.. so i'm going to bite the bullet and eventually get a Gladiator to replace it. Probably in 8 months or so. I'm not giving up on them yet.
Bring back hemi no etorque or turbo
Yes sir.
LOWER THE PRICE !!!!
Big motor.. low price. We don't need all the extra crap.
Make a car under 150k.
Give me a 40K hellcat!!
They really need to fix their product line, too many overpriced, low quality cars/trucks people dont want. Simplify and build reliable fun vehicles at a fair price. The big 3 wanted to sell less cars/trucks at an inflated price. That doesn't work, its been tried time and time again and it leads to bankruptcy.. build quality, reliable vehicles at a fair price and you will succeed. They ave ruined the jeep brand with poor reliability, im a land cruiser guy (have 5). My jeep freinds who are diehard jeep guys, when they are having multiple problems with their wifes brand new 80k$ jeep even they are turning away and when they leave they wont be back... They tried selling low quality jeeps at land cruiser prices and now everyone knows their crap and they cant sell them..
Those land cruisers are great cars.
Save your money an get a BMW M3 much better platform with more tech for your money. No way ill dropp 80k plus on a any thing dodge
I'd drop 45K for a Hellcat!!
@The.Garage.Studio you could get a used one for that much iv seen a few that low.
@@LSDdreams808 true
We only want hellcats and wife body's no narrow body's and make a 300 hellcat already go back last body style update bumpers hood and infotainment and we're good from 3 or 4 more years I'd by 3 gellcats charger chalknger and 300 if made and make current one wide body I get 2 them only if there hellcats or hard pass
Great points.. Just build them..
@TheGarageStudio
You are annoying to listen to.
You annoy me.. kindly leave.
@@The.Garage.Studio You are basically stealing TKs Garage information. Unless he gave you permission to repeat it.
@@horseathalt7308 I attributed him to providing the info and then put my own spin on what i'd like the new CEO to do. Nobody owns the news.