. Napa Car Care Center 28799 Orchard Lake Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248.553.3302 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