Elkhart , Goshen , Georgetown. Certified Transmission 3703 Grape Road Mishawaka, IN 46545 574.256.5528 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