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 ...

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 ...

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 ... stairs is worth it for the bling at the top. Some facts to ponder on the journey: – Although the Benz patent was two years earlier, Daimler's 1888 ...

Are you familiar with the story of Bertha Benz? She's amazing ... in the film: It's an interesting little film of her journey, but, for Bertha's sake, I just hope reality was a lot less creepy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...