Hers was the world's first long-distance drive and the first recorded drive by a woman driver. Germany has designated her 150-mile round-trip route between Manheim and Pforzheim as the Bertha Benz ...

Meanwhile, Benz & Cia was led by Carl and Bertha Benz, who are credited with creating the world’s first patent for an automobile. Before embarking on her historic journey, Bertha Benz was ...

This Womens Day, discover how Bertha Benz ensured we got to see the first ever motor car and how her historic 1888 road trip ...

The first practical gas-powered carriage was built ... He didn’t think it was ready for the road, and he was mostly right. Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner, believed in her ...

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the tenacity of those pioneering individuals whose ideas and inventions ...

“Bertha’s story struck a chord with me the moment I first read about her,” said Singer of her interest in Benz. “This wasn’t just a test drive of the world’s first car; it was a daring ...

was powered by a single-cylinder engine of an original design by Carl Benz with a total power output of about ⅔ horsepower. Carl's wife Bertha made its first test drive, covering the 66-mile ...