 The world's first ever long distance automobile trip was undertaken by Bertha Benz using a Model 3.On the morning of 5 August 1888 Bertha – supposedly without the knowledge of her husband – took the vehicle on a trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim to visit her mother, taking her sons Eugen and Richard with her.In addition to having to locate pharmacies along the way to refuel, she repaired various technical and mechanical problems.