> This is the year that Stellantis NV's U.S. vehicle sales must start growing again, after seven straight annual declines and prior promises that a recovery was just around the corner.
> That was the blunt takeaway from a packed closed-door meeting on Wednesday between the automaker's senior executives and much of its 2,400-member dealer body at the National Automobile Dealers Association annual convention.
> "2026 is the year of execution, and we're counting on our dealers to deliver," Jeff Kommor, who leads U.S. sales for Stellantis, told The Detroit News after the meeting. "We've given them all the tools that they need. Excuses are over. There are no more excuses."
> Stellantis U.S. market share has hovered around 8% the last two years, a steep decline from its 12.5% or so share as recently as 2020 under its predecessor company.
I've been a car guy since I was a kid. I've been doing car forums since 2001... many of them Dodge/Chrysler/RAM. Very very few people that were fans of those brands were happy with the Electric offerings. The news of internal combustion engines coming back has been well received in the 'enthusiast' market at least.
My first site was a Neon SRT4 forum.. so we aren't just talking big V8's here either. Turbo 4's, N/A V6's, etc.. just the electric stuff didn't hit their particular fan base well.
I of course only do forums for enthusiast stuff... it's hard to build a forum around minivans, though they are out there.
toomuchtodo|23 days ago
> This is the year that Stellantis NV's U.S. vehicle sales must start growing again, after seven straight annual declines and prior promises that a recovery was just around the corner.
> That was the blunt takeaway from a packed closed-door meeting on Wednesday between the automaker's senior executives and much of its 2,400-member dealer body at the National Automobile Dealers Association annual convention.
> "2026 is the year of execution, and we're counting on our dealers to deliver," Jeff Kommor, who leads U.S. sales for Stellantis, told The Detroit News after the meeting. "We've given them all the tools that they need. Excuses are over. There are no more excuses."
> Stellantis U.S. market share has hovered around 8% the last two years, a steep decline from its 12.5% or so share as recently as 2020 under its predecessor company.
Cooked.
johng|23 days ago
My first site was a Neon SRT4 forum.. so we aren't just talking big V8's here either. Turbo 4's, N/A V6's, etc.. just the electric stuff didn't hit their particular fan base well.
I of course only do forums for enthusiast stuff... it's hard to build a forum around minivans, though they are out there.