Speedy Auto Service Center Ferndale 1030 W. 8 Mile Rd. Ferndale, MI 48220 248.543.7131 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