Livonia . Gabi's Auto Service Center 29805 Grand River Farmington Hills, MI 48336 248.473.2222 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