In a time when the word “car” was not even heard yet, and people relied on horses to pull their wagons, one woman challenged the status quo.

To prove to the world that her husband’s invention was the future of mobility, Bertha Benz went on the first long-distance journey with an automobile, facing all kinds of challenges but stopping at nothing.

The rest, as they say, is history.

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