Auto and Truck Repair 2823 Monroe St. @ Outer Drive Dearborn, MI 48124 313.565.0220 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