, South Lyon, Wixom. Tommy's Firestone 43111 Grand River Rd. Novi, MI 48375 248.348.2080 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