GM-AvtoVAZ
![]() | |
Native name | ЗАОГМ-АвтоВАЗ |
---|---|
Company type | Joint venture |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 2 August 2001 |
Defunct | December 2019 |
Fate | Bought out byAvtoVAZ |
Successor | Lada West Togliatti(AvtoVAZ's Niva products) |
Headquarters | , Russia |
Area served | Commonwealth of Independent States |
Products | Chevrolet Niva |
Production output | 32,909 vehicles (2017)[1] |
Owners |
|
Number of employees | 1,600 (2015) |
GM-AvtoVAZwas a Russian joint venture betweenGeneral MotorsandAvtoVAZset up in 2001. In 2002, it started producing theChevrolet Niva,based on theLada Niva,at itsTolyattiplant. Though both companies had an equal share of ownership, the venture was managed exclusively by General Motors.[2]The venture ended in December 2019, after it was wholly acquired by AvtoVAZ.
History
[edit]In 2004 the joint venture briefly produced theChevrolet Viva,based on the 1998Opel Astrasaloon, but after low sales of only 5,000 the model was dropped.[3]
The joint venture reached difficulties and production stoppages for a fortnight in February 2006 when AvtoVAZ was taken over byRosoboronexport,the Russian state-owned arms-export agency, and a disagreement between the new owners and GM lead to stoppages of the supply of engines and other components.[3]
In September 2012, the joint venture announced plans to expand by 2015, hiring an additional 1,400 employees and increasing its annual production capacity from 100,000 to 120,000 vehicles.[4]
Ownership
[edit]The joint venture was created with investment from General Motors ($99.1m, 41.61%), AvtoVAZ ($99.1m, 41.61%) and theEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and Development($40m, 16,78%, plus a loan facility for $100 million). In September 2012 GM and Avtovaz purchased EBRD's share, turning the joint venture into a 50/50 relationship.[5]
In December 2019, AvtoVAZ acquired General Motors' stake in the venture, ending it.[6]The Chevrolet branding would still be used by AvtoVAZ on the Niva models until August 2020, before replacing it byLada.[7]
Products
[edit]As of December 2014, the joint venture produced 571,852 vehicles since production at Tolyatti commenced in 2002.[8]
- Chevrolet Niva(1998—2019)
- Chevrolet Viva(2004—2005)
References
[edit]- ^"2017 Annual Report"(PDF).AvtoVAZ. p. 46.Retrieved2 November2018.
- ^""Когда-то Lada по сравнению с Dacia считалась люксовым брендом"".Vedomosti. 13 June 2016.Retrieved7 July2017.
– В этом СП «АвтоВАЗа» и GM по 50%, но фактически управляет им GM? – Да.Мы являемся для них важным поставщиком и обсуждаем условия по новой платформе.
- ^ab"GM: Learning the Ropes In Russia".Bloomberg Business Week.8 February 2007. Archived fromthe originalon January 6, 2013.Retrieved18 December2012.
- ^"GM-AvtoVaz To Expand Capacity By 20% By 2015".Wall Street Journal.21 September 2012.Retrieved18 December2012.
- ^"About Company".GM Avtovaz.Archived fromthe originalon 1 January 2015.Retrieved22 January2015.
- ^Stolyarov, Gleb; Marrow, Alexander (9 December 2019)."GM pulls out of Russian JV with AvtoVAZ".Automotive News Europe.Retrieved17 February2020.
- ^"АвтоВАЗ начал продавать Chevrolet Niva в своих салонах"[AvtoVAZ starts selling Chevrolet Nivas on its dealerships].autonews.ru(in Russian).Retrieved17 February2020.
- ^"2014 Production and Sales Results".GM AutoVAZ.31 December 2014.Retrieved22 January2015.
External links
[edit]- Official website(English)
- Car manufacturers of Russia
- Motor vehicle assembly plants in Russia
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2001
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 2019
- Former joint ventures
- General Motors joint ventures
- Companies based in Samara Oblast
- AvtoVAZ
- Buildings and structures in Samara Oblast