Royal Oak, Oak Park . Gary Knurek GoodYear 1973 Livernois Troy, MI 48083 248.362.0350 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