It’s a very complex business but it ends with just one thing, a customer that is happy to buy our cars. We need to find more of those,” he said. Sounds simple, but the next CEO’s first and most difficult task will be to decide which of the automaker's 14 brands to drop and which to shrink.

Detroit has long been the engine of Stellantis NV’s US business, home to brands like Jeep and Dodge that once defined American muscle and grit. Now it’s the center of a corporate identity crisis.The company that built its brands around American heritage has been falling behind in the US market due to an aging lineup,

Italian executive Antonio Filosa takes the top position after leading Stellantis operations in North and South America

(Reuters) -Automaker Stellantis on Wednesday named Antonio Filosa, the Italian head of its North American operations, as its CEO, effective from June 23. Filosa succeeds Carlos Tavares, who quit the group in December after sharp drops in profits and sales raised questions about his management.