Tire & Auto Repair 580 W. Eleven Mile Rd. Madison Heights, MI 48071 248.543.4940 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