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).

[2] In December 2019, GM sold its stake to AvtoVAZ, making GM-AvtoVAZ a wholly owned subsidiary of the latter.

[3][4] On 15 April 2020, AvtoVAZ officially dropped the GM-AvtoVAZ name and re-incorporated the former venture as "JSC Lada West Togliatti".

[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] 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.