Grand Point Auto & Al's Radiator 5140 S. Saginaw Rd. Flint, MI 48507 810.603.1900 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