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- The automobile was invented 125 years ago by Carl Benz. To do so he had to overcome a broad range of engineering obstacles as well as tremendous resistance laid in his path by the government AND by the church. He himself had doubts about the durability of his machine so never drove far from home. So, his wife Bertha took matters into her own hands. Early one morning in 1888, against all common sense and fully without her husband's permission, Bertha gathered up her two sons and made off with the automobile. Despite breakdowns and other misadventures, she secured renown for her husband's automobile as well as a place in the history books for herself: The first-ever long-distance road trip was made by a woman!