The original Porsche Cayenne was almost based on the Mercedes-Benz M-Class

The Porsche Cayenne is now 20 years old, having originally debuted at the 2002 Paris International Motor Show. But Porsche’s first SUV could have taken a very different development path from the version that ultimately ended up on stage in the French capital. The first-generation Cayenne was almost based on the Mercedes-Benz M-Class (the…