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Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz A painting of the famous road trip with Bertha Benz and sons Richard and Eugen in 1888. Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Bertha Benz in 1870.
This Badass Woman Took the World’s First Road Trip—and Stole Her Husband's Car to Do It Bertha Benz may just be the coolest road tripper to ever drive this planet.
Ridley will play Bertha Benz, the wife of Motorwagen inventor Karl Benz, who embarked on the world's first road trip in 1888.
Entertainment New VR movie shines a light on pioneering female automobile pioneer Step into the life of Bertha Benz, a trailblazer who defied societal norms and left an enduring legacy.
'Star Wars' actress Daisy Ridley, who narrates the VR experience as Benz, the wife of the "father of the modern car," Carl Benz, is also an executive producer on the film.
Alan Mulally, Ralph Nader enter Automotive Hall of Fame Induction ceremony July 21 at Cobo Center in Detroit Bertha Benz surprised the world in 1888 with the first automotive road trip Engineer ...
In what is today recognised as the first road trip ever undertaken, Bertha Benz and her two sons, Richard and Eugen, left Mannheim at dawn on 5 August 1888, their destination the town of Pforzheim ...
Why Bertha Benz took her pioneering car trip in 1888 Available for over a year The woman behind the development of the early motorcar Read more More episodes Programme Website ...
In 1888, Bertha Benz – business partner and wife of Carl Benz – travelled 67 miles in 12 hours in the first Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Village folk on her journey (via Wiesloch pharmacy for more ...
Lifestyle Motoring How Bertha Benz set the wheels in motion BERTHA Benz was married to automobile genius Karl Benz but was herself something of a motoring pioneer.
Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz A painting of the famous road trip with Bertha Benz and sons Richard and Eugen in 1888.