Washington Township, Troy. Automotive Physicians 14296 23 Mile Rd. Shelby Twp, MI 48315 586.566.7474 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