Lada West Togliatti
Russian car manufacturer
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Lada West Togliatti (Russian: Лада Запад Тольятти, IPA: [ˈladə ˈzapət tɐlʲˈjætʲ(ː)ɪ]) is a Russian car manufacturer owned by AvtoVAZ. The company came from GM-AvtoVAZ, a joint venture between AvtoVAZ and General Motors.
- December 2019 (de facto)
- 15 April 2020 (de jure)
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Native name | АО Лада (LADA) Запад Тольятти |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Predecessor | GM-AvtoVAZ |
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| Headquarters | , Russia |
Key people | Yuri Skulsky (Director) |
| Products | Cars |
| Revenue |  13,140.93 million ₽[1] (2020) |
| 191.49 million ₽[1] (2020) | |
| -229.04 million ₽[1] (2020) | |
| Total assets |  3,982.61 million ₽[1] (2020) |
| Total equity | 1,619.88 million ₽[1] (2020) |
| Parent | AvtoVAZ |
History
Lada West Togliatti predecessor was GM-AvtoVAZ, a joint venture created in early 2001 for producing the VAZ-2123 (Niva II) off-road vehicle under the name Chevrolet Niva. Initially, the venture had three co-owners: AvtoVAZ and General Motors (GM) each owned 41.6% of the shares, and the remaining 16.8% belonged to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). In 2012, the EBRD withdrew from the venture, selling its shares equally to partners.[2]
In December 2019, GM sold its stake to AvtoVAZ, making GM-AvtoVAZ a wholly owned subsidiary of the latter. The former venture kept the right to continue using the Chevrolet marque for a certain amount of time.[3][4] On 15 April 2020, AvtoVAZ officially dropped the GM-AvtoVAZ name and re-incorporated the former venture as "JSC Lada West Togliatti".[5]
In July 2020, Lada West Togliatti stopped assembling Chevrolet-badged Nivas, adopting instead the Lada marque.[4] In December 2020, Lada West Togliatti introduced the Niva Travel, a revised Niva.[6]
In July 2021, the Lada Travel production was transferred to the main AvtoVAZ's Tolyatti plant.[7] AvtoVAZ CEO Nicolas Maure clarified that the Lada West Togliatti production would be "suspended" but the plant was to be neither closed nor sold.[8]
Leadership
The first general director of Lada West Togliatti was Romuald Rytvinski who also hold the same position while it was a joint venture with GM. In December 2020, he was replaced by Yuri Skulsky, the then human resources chief of the company.[9]