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.

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.

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

Well-known Stellantis executive Tim Kuniskis is returning to the automaker effective immediately, CNBC has learned.

Tim Kuniskis returns to lead Ram after a short retirement, declaring he’s ready to turn around sales and overcome production challenges.

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.”

Tim Kuniskis, former head of Dodge and Ram, is returning to Stellantis to lead the Ram Trucks brand, effective immediately, according to sources. His return follows the unexpected resignation of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares last week amid struggles in the North American market.

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.

Well-known Stellantis executive Tim Kuniskis will be returning to the automaker, effective immediately, CNBC has learned.

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,