The travel of Bertha Benz

Bertha Benz and the first road trip in history.

Her husband Karl was a genius and brilliant engineer, however lacked ambition and business acumen, it was his wife who was the visionary, seeing the potential for the car to be so much more than a prototype and encouraging her husband to do more.

In 1888 she quietly roused her two sons and pushed the vehicle away trying to reach her mother’s house, almost 100 km away, for a journey of a lifetime.

Determined to prove her theory, Bertha had no idea in which direction they were heading so had to figure it out as they went along.

Bertha’s story is a testament to the integral role of women in automotive history.

This work is a tribute of this brave and ambitious woman.