Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) announced that it would again take orders for its new XUV500 from January 2012.

The crossover initally received over 8,000 orders in just 10 days, one of the most overwhelming responses to a new car launch in recent times.

Mahindra sold out four months production and temporarily suspended new orders from 11 October in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai. Mahindra expects to complete deliveries of those earlier orders by January 2012.

Production is on schedule and the company is ramping up production at its plant in Chakan.