Plymouth. Speedy Auto Service Center Westland 1803 N. Wayne Rd. Westland, MI 48185 734.722.0444 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