Ngenxa yokuthi emlandweni kunezikhathi okufanele sizikhumbule, sikhumbula ukuthi ubani owasungula imoto nokuthi ubani owayishayela kuqala. Isipho esifanelekile siza ngevidiyo emfushane ekhumbula uhambo olwenziwa u-Bertha Benz, ekupheleni kwekhulunyaka. XIX, ngokuqondile ngo-Agasti ka-1888.
Unkosikazi kaKarl Benz, umsunguli wemoto yokuqala ebizwa ngokuthi i-Motorwagen, wanquma ukubonisa umyeni wakhe ubuqiniso bomqondo owawuqanjwe umyeni wakhe, ngokuzifaka engozini nangezindleko zakhe. Umndeni wakwaBenz wawusuvele utshale imali eningi kule “moto”, eyokuqala emhlabeni. Ngokuqonda kuka-Bertha, imoto yomyeni wakhe ingaba yimpumelelo enkulu kwezohwebo.
Ithi yebo kwabangaziwa.
Engazi umyeni wakhe kanye nemoto eyayisazovunyelwa ngokusemthethweni, u-Bertha Benz wanquma ukuthatha uhambo eqhuba isondo le-Motorwagen Model III. Ukusuka eMannheim kuya ePforzheim (eJalimane) wahlanganisa amakhilomitha angu-106—uhambo lokuqala olude kakhulu olwenziwa ngemoto.
Inselele yayingelula neze. U-Bertha Benz wabhekana nezinkinga ezimbalwa ohambweni futhi ubuhlakani bakhe kuphela obumvumela, ngokwesibonelo, ukwenza enye yama-alloys akhe ayebophela ngayo amasokisi, isixazululo se-insulation, noma ukusebenzisa iphini lakhe lezinwele ukuze avule ishubhu likaphethiloli.
Ephelezelwa izingane zabo uRichard, 13, no-Eugene, 15, umkaKarl Benz wenza umsebenzi wokuqala wokufaka uphethiloli emlandweni we-Automobile, lapho, lapho edlula edolobheni laseWiesloch, kwadingeka athenge uphethiloli owengeziwe kukhemisi wendawo. Okunye okwenze lesi siteshi sikaphethiloli saba sokuqala emlandweni.
Amandla aphansi nokushisa ngokweqile ngomzamo, injini ye-Motorwagen Model III nayo kwadingeka ipholiswe njalo ngamanzi phakathi nohambo, u-Richard no-Eugene bephushe imoto ikhuphuke emithambekeni ewumqansa kakhulu.
Noma kunjalo, futhi ngokomlando, uBertha Benz nezingane zakhe baze bafinyelela ePforzheim, lapho umka-Karl Benz wathumela khona ucingo, etshela umyeni wakhe impumelelo yalolu hlelo. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa kulelo dolobha laseJalimane, uBertha Benz wabuyela eMannheim, kuMotorwagen Model III efanayo, ngaleyo ndlela eqala “i-adventure” ebilokhu iqhubeka iminyaka engaphezu kweyi-100.
UDiogo, usitshele le ndaba esivivinyweni asenza kuMercedes-Benz S-Class 560 Cabriolet, bheka: