Warren. Phil Cavill's Auto Repair 1200 W. 14 Mile Rd. Clawson, MI 48017 248-435-7070 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