Oxford 1661 N. Lapeer Rd. (1 Mile N. of Meijer) Oxford, MI 48371 248.628.2130 Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's creation of the first  petrol -powered car, the  Benz Patent Motorwagen , patented in January 1886 and  Gottlieb Daimler and engineer  Wilhelm Maybach 's conversion of a stagecoach by the addition