The 100km Drive in 1888 That Invented the modern Car

The history of the automobile was proved on Bertha Benz's daring 100km drive in 1888. This documentary traces travel before cars, how Carl Benz built the 1886 Patent Motorwagen with its 0.75 horsepower engine, and why the public doubted it. It follows Bertha's journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim, her fixes with a hat pin and a shoemaker's leather brakes, and how later rivals and Henry Ford's Model T made the car practical.