, Holly . Spartan Tire Brighton 4880 Old U.S. 23 Brighton, MI 48114 810-227-7377 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