C ar enthusiast and former CEO Tim Kuniskis has returned to Stellantis after a retirement hiatus of seven months. The move comes amid conglomerate turmoil that is affecting the co

Kuniskis copped to the fact that “...it’s all light duty dragging us down,” admitting that the company has been experiencing severe production delays in getting the next Ram LD to market. The newly minted CEO also expressed frustration of a personal nature, confiding “I don’t even have my RHO yet.”

Kuniskis retired in May but is stepping back into leadership as the company grapples with a drop in Ram pickup sales.

A Stellantis representative has responded to Car and Driver's request for comment on Tim Kuniskis's return to the company. They said in an email, "Tim is back effective Monday [Dec. 9]. We made a few other organizational moves on Monday.

The popular executive retired in the spring. Now he's back leading the truck brand during a period of upheaval for the automaker.

Troubled automaker Stellantis has decided that its Ram brand needs its own executive, so it is bringing back an executive who retired this year when CEO Carlos Tavares was still running the company.

Troubled automaker Stellantis has decided that its Ram brand needs its own executive, so it is bringing back an executive who retired this year when CEO Carlos Tavares was still running the company.

But he is confident Ram can reverse the course. Ram is down by a whopping 24% in the United States through September. Things are so bad that the US Stellantis National Dealer Council sent an open letter to former CEO Carlos Tavares in September,