Morisette Automotive St. Clair Shores 27400 Harper St. St. Clair Shores, MI 48081 586.774.3470 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