Bertha Benz changed automotive history by packing her two teenage sons into a car and driving to her mother’s house. It doesn’t exactly sound impressive, but the year was 1888.

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In 1888, the wife of Karl Benz, Bertha, took her husband's Model 3 and drove it for 106 km (66 miles). It was the world's first long distance drive.

Bertha Benz may just be the coolest road tripper to ever drive this planet. ... A painting of the famous road trip with Bertha Benz and sons Richard and Eugen in 1888. Credit: ...

Bertha Benz at age 18. ... So on August 5th, 1888, she and her two teen-aged sons, Eugen and Richard, took off at dawn on the world’s first road trip without telling Karl or anyone else.

So, in honor of women, I'd like to talk about one woman who's been a hero of mine for many years: Bertha Benz, the first person to take a real road trip in a private, petroleum-powered car.

Mercedes-Benz Recreates Revolutionary 1888 First Drive by Bertha Benz. Published: 21 Aug 2018, 13:11 UTC • By ... 1888, Bertha and her two sons started on a journey that would revolutionize the ...

Bertha Benz may just be the coolest road tripper to ever drive this planet. ... Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz A painting of the famous road trip with Bertha Benz and sons Richard and Eugen in 1888.

When Bertha Benz drove off in husband Carl's motorized invention 125 years ago, she had no idea she would be driving into history. Hers was the world's first long-distance drive and the first ...

Ridley will play Bertha Benz, the wife of Motorwagen inventor Karl Benz, who embarked on the world's first road trip in 1888. Skip to main content Plus Icon Click to expand the Mega Menu.

Its journey took it along the same 100-km (62-mi) route from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Germany that Bertha Benz drove in 1888 and showed that self-driving cars weren't just a pipe dream, but were ...