Harbor . Speedy Auto Service Center Waterford 3484 Highland Rd. Waterford, MI 48328 248.681.6500 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