Lake Ann. Tuffy Traverse City 1124 S Garfield Avenue Traverse City, MI 49686 231-946-1155 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