New Stellantis CEO is Antonio Filosa, Former Head of Jeep

[Lunentucker]

Really all he has to do is change the name of shit. For example the ecodiesel could be known as the ED.

With that, I'll show myself out.

Gives limp mode a whole new meaning.

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[ShadowsPapa]

Keep looking….. that’s how business executives dress for a photo. I’m glad that hasn’t changed over the generations.

What did you expect him to dress like?? Stop shaving, wear an old ratty Jeep t-shirt, some roughed up jeans, and hiking boots?

Steve Jobs wasn't a suit and tie guy, among many others.
Others include -
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, igray t-shirt and jeans.
Sheldon Yellen, CEO of Belfor, no suits.

 

[Stan H]

Gives limp mode a whole new meaning.

When you coming back to the dark side ?

 

[Deleted member 67086]

Steve Jobs wasn't a suit and tie guy, among many others.
Others include -
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, igray t-shirt and jeans.
Sheldon Yellen, CEO of Belfor, no suits.

Well, now that he is CEO maybe he will stop wearing the suits. I personally don’t have a problem with it if he wears a suit or not.

 

[Deleted member 67086]

quality sucks, needs to be better. Dealership accountability and parts availability. Shit is going to break down and it shouldn't take the remainder of you warranty to get the part replaced.

Poor quality floods the dealerships that can barely handle oil change intervals, not having parts and hella long lead times on replacement parts.

I couldn’t care less about bright shiny new models coming out, just fix the quality of the product line that you have for starters. Do that and sales will increase. There are a number of would be Jeep buyers out there that shy away from them because of reliability concerns. Yes, some people do read consumer reports. Ha!

 

[legacy_etu]

Steve Jobs wasn't a suit and tie guy, among many others.
Others include -
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, igray t-shirt and jeans.
Sheldon Yellen, CEO of Belfor, no suits.

Don’t forget Lucky Palmer, developer of the VR headset and basically the Meta Quest and now runs/owns Anduril, a high tech military startup. Brilliant dude. Watch some of his interviews on YouTube. The guy always dresses in Hawaiian shirts and has long hippie hair.

 

[Stan H]

I couldn’t care less about bright shiny new models coming out, just fix the quality of the product line that you have for starters. Do that and sales will increase. There are a number of would be Jeep buyers out there that shy away from them because of reliability concerns. Yes, some people do read consumer reports. Ha!

This Post should be read by the New CEO .

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Don’t forget Lucky Palmer, developer of the VR headset and basically the Meta Quest and now runs/owns Anduril, a high tech military startup. Brilliant dude. Watch some of his interviews on YouTube. The guy always dresses in Hawaiian shirts and has long hippie hair.

I did (forget). I think I will check out his YT stuff - I enjoy people like that.

 

[Deleted member 67086]

I remember when Alan Mulally from Boeing became CEO of Ford in 2006. He made significant headway in their quality. Unfortunately I think it’s trending downward since his departure in 2014. Regardless, his approach when he joined Ford seems like what Jeep needs.

 

[AstroZombie]

Dude looking totally Jeepy here

I would wear that jacket

 

[Stan H]

I would wear that jacket

If he only had a Jeep branded toupé it would really set it off right.

 

[Deleted member 67086]

Where does Jeep stand to grow the most - in the U.S. market or in other markets? Where is there opportunity to increase margins in a product - simplifying it or adding luxury and tech?

If Jeep could address their reliability issues and improve their subpar reputation in that area, I feel their sales have plenty of room for growth. Jeep is an iconic brand with a loyal customer base some manufacturers would love to have! It takes a special kind of idiocracy to screw that up, but Stellantis has been giving it a go.

They aren’t going to fix this damaged reputation overnight. They need to start by acknowledging it and communicating their plans/actions to address it. Burying their head in the sand and being quiet about it has done them no favors. One thing would be to acknowledge the current Pentastar value train issue and start by extending the power train warranty for those engines to 7/100,000. Wouldn’t be cheap but I would argue ignoring the problem has cost them more.

 

[bleda2002]

The problem with reputation is that it's based on vehicles of 20-30 years ago not current production. Toyota is a prime example, they're coasting on reputation while the current gen tundra and Tacoma are dumpster fires. People will still tell you how reliable the Toyotas are though.

This guy could put out the most reliable vehicles on the planet, and it wouldn't matter a lick right now as the jeep reputation is what it is.

 

[Sweetums]

The problem with reputation is that it's based on vehicles of 20-30 years ago not current production. Toyota is a prime example, they're coasting on reputation while the current gen tundra and Tacoma are dumpster fires. People will still tell you how reliable the Toyotas are though.

This guy could put out the most reliable vehicles on the planet, and it wouldn't matter a lick right now as the jeep reputation is what it is.

20-30 years ago the Jeep in production was the TJ and LJ Wranglers, pretty widely considered to be the best Jeeps ever made. The LJ is second in desirability only to antique military flat-fenders. The XJ is still sought after today and considered an iconic and revolutionary vehicle; it's widely considered one of the most reliable Jeeps. Jason Cammissa just did a video about it last month about how it changed the entire automotive market.

 

[Deleted member 67086]

The problem with reputation is that it's based on vehicles of 20-30 years ago not current production. Toyota is a prime example, they're coasting on reputation while the current gen tundra and Tacoma are dumpster fires. People will still tell you how reliable the Toyotas are though.

This guy could put out the most reliable vehicles on the planet, and it wouldn't matter a lick right now as the jeep reputation is what it is.

Agreed, like I said, won’t happen overnight, but not putting out reliable vehicles, it will never happen.

Actually, I find the Tundra engine issue they had last year as a good example of how to handle things like that. They communicated the production issue that caused the problem, issued a recall, and notified the owners of the affected vehicles that they were getting new engines. Has Jeep ever publicly acknowledged the Pentastar valve train issue…???

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