Ferndale . Morisette Automotive Royal Oak 30712 Woodward Ave. Royal Oak, MI 48073 248.549.0200 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