Wixom. Sovel's Auto Repair Novi 41425 W. 10 Mile Rd. Novi, MI 48375 248.348.7337 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