Park , Dearborn Heights . Tire Traxx 2101 Fort St. Wyandotte, MI 48192 734.282.1500 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