The First Rider In This World Was A Women Evidently

Kanjenk Automotive - Lady riders especially in Indonesia are often accused of not too skillful driving. Yet without their services, car probably would not have developed as it is now. Yes, because the woman was the first to drive a car for long distances. Is Bertha Benz, wife of the German automotive engineer, Karl Benz, a creator cars together to form Daimler Gottlieb Daimler, the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz.

Karl Benz made the first car in December 1885 with a patent a year later. The car is a 1-cylinder car that has a power of only 2.5 horsepower. The car has three wheels, one in front and two at the rear with a maximum speed of about 40 km per hour each.

Unfortunately Karl less good at selling his car, while another German, Gottlieb Daimler already found the first 4 wheel drive car in the world that could be speeding.

Greget see this, then Bertha artificial reckless driving her husband and her two children to visit his mother's home in Pforzheim in August 1888, without the knowledge of Karl Benz.

In less than 12 hours, Bertha finally arrived after going through the streets as far as 104 km with a safe and prosperous. Bertha historical journey was finally widely known and praised at the time.

Bertha travel far to make a lot of people interested in cars made by popularity Benz Benz and began to climb. In a period of about 10 years the company Benz became the biggest car company and can sell for hundreds of vehicles.

What such a car? On several occasions Mercedes-Benz Indonesia could show car replica Bertha. The replica can be seen in the photo above. Three-wheeled car was still able to function and take some time to turn it on.