. Tuffy Grand Rapids (Cascade Ave.) 6896 Cascade Rd. Grand Rapids, MI 49546 616.956.7640 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