QOTD: Does Stellantis' Product Plan Excite You?

by Tim Healey

Published: October 15th, 2025

qotd does stellantis product plan excite you

Stellantis has a major investment in U.S. manufacturing planned, and the company also says it has five new-model launches planned.

The stand-out part of the plan is the mid-size pickup truck that will likely emerge as a new Dakota, though I am also keeping my eye on the SUV that will be built alongside the Jeep Grand Wagoneer, with similar powertrain options. It almost certainly has to be a luxo-barge for Chrysler, right? Set to compete with the Lincoln Navigator and GMC Yukon?

I am a bit excited for the Dakota. I am more excited that Stellantis seems to have some sort of a plan to move forward -- the company seems to be perpetually struggling.

What about you? What do you say?

Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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SCE to AUX on Oct 17, 2025

I'm wondering who will purchase the planned 50% increase in production volume.

Maybe CDJR prices are high because of high demand - hadn't thought of that before - and dealers just can't keep them on the lot.

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Tane94 on Oct 17, 2025

No, dropping V-8s into every model is not a rational plan.

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- Jeff on Oct 17, 2025
  
  That will sell to the traditional Mopar loyalist but I doubt it will bring in a significant number of non Mopar customers. Ram trucks might get a few more conquest sales for their trucks but unless a buyer is a hardcore Mopar got to have a Hemi it is not going to amount to a lot of growth in sales.
  
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- Lloyd Bonified on Oct 17, 2025
  
  Buying a Mopar or not is a decision for customers
  
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