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. A 65-mile road ...

Her husband, Carl Benz, was the German car engineer who created what would one day become Mercedes-Benz. According to that very same car company , Bertha, born in 1849, married Carl when she was 23.

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.

Daisy Ridley narrates the Springer Studios-created VR project, soon to be a feature from executive producer and "All Quiet on ...

Bertha Benz may just be the coolest road tripper to ever drive this planet. This Badass Woman Took the World’s First Road Trip—and Stole Her Husband's Car to Do It Skip to main content ...

Mercedes-Benz is honoring Bertha the pioneer with a video recreating this journey, thus introducing her to a section of the public who might not be aware of the history behind the brand. You can ...

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.

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 ...

Is Bertha Ringer getting a free ride into the Automotive Hall of Fame simply because she married the genius Karl Benz 144 years ago? Not at all.

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 ...