Wixom. Speedy Auto Service Center Northville 598 S. Main St. Northville, MI 48167 248.675.1156 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