Bertha Benz may just be the coolest road tripper to ever drive this planet. As anyone who has ever been married will tell you, sometimes, no matter how supportive your partner can be, you just ...

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 ...

Among these pioneers was the incredible Bertha Benz, to whom motorists owe a great deal. From the 1860s, steam, gas, petrol, and electric cars began to emerge in the workshops of inventors ...

Bertha Benz helped to prove that her husband had created probably the single most important invention in the history of transport Why is it that perhaps the most important car journey ever ...

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.

In 1888, Bertha Benz set out to prove that her husband Carl’s Motorwagen was safe and ready to sell. Fast forward, and Germany is still the country of premium cars and car culture. At the edge ...

Embark on an unforgettable journey through history with Trailblazer: The Untold Story of Mrs. Benz. — Credit: © Singer Studios, with permission. Embark on an ...

Ridley will play Bertha Benz, the wife of Motorwagen inventor Karl Benz, who embarked on the world's first road trip in 1888. By Lily Ford Daisy Ridley will star in a new virtual reality ...

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. Bertha Benz earned her place in the Hall with one ...

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 ...

A painting of the famous road trip with Bertha Benz and sons Richard and Eugen in 1888.

Taking a husband's car without asking can result in a flaming row but when Karl Benz's wife did it 125 years ago, she ignited the start of the motoring age, writes Joe Murphy Lady driver ...