German car major Volkswagen Joerg Mueller told TOI that the companies were trying to thrash out areas where partnership and joint strategies could be worked out for Indian market while the company is in advanced stages of negotiations with Maruti Suzuki for joint engagements on a number of areas, which are still evolving, and these talks would formalized in a few months.

For the three month period ended December 31, 2009, Maruti Suzuki India, manufacturer of half the cars sold in the country, has recorded a net profit of Rs 688 crore as against the net profit of Rs 214 crore during the same period of the last year (2008).
