The moves ended up shrinking the company’s market share and hurting the Jeep, Ram, Dodge and Chrysler brands, the national dealer council said in an open letter to Tavares dated Sept.

Unsurprisingly, dealers were none too happy about it. The US Stellantis National Dealer Council sent a strongly worded letter to Carlos Tavares, blaming him for steering the US brands toward disaster.

Automotive News first reported on the memo from Frick. Eddie Stivers — Ford national dealer council chairman and president of E.M. Stivers Inc., which has five Ford dealerships in states like ...