Clemens . Morisette Automotive Chesterfield Township 49610 N. Gratiot Chesterfield Twp., MI 48051 586.949.7300 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