Tannistest 2026 - first step toward The Car of the Year 2027

Friday September 18

All test cars should arrive latest friday (But they can be delivered from wednesday)

Saturday September 19

08.00 – 18.00 Free testing

Sunday September 20

08.00 – 18.00 Free testing

Monday September 21

09.00 – 11.00 Beach photo

11.00 – 17.00 Special tests at the Sindal airport (Elk-test)

08.00 – 18.00 Free testing (limited number of test cars)

20.00 – 23.00 Night driving session I

Tuesday September 22

08.00 – 17.00 Free testing

09.00 – 16.00 Plan B: Elk-test at Sindal if the weather gives us trouble on Monday

16.00 – 18.00 Interview session I

20.00 – 23.00 Night driving session II

Wednesday September 23

08.00 – 16.00 Free testing

16.00 – 18.00 Interview session II

20.00 - ‘The Dinner of the Year’

Thursday September 24

08.00 – 14.00 Free testing
Test ends at 14.00

NOTE! Please kindly take into account that changes may occur due to the weather conditions. Every morning you will get the latest information in the Tannistest Today newsletter.

(April, 2026):

Denmark
-Søren W. Rasmussen

Finland
-Velimatti Honkanen

Norway
-Fred Magne Skillebæk

Sweden
-Tommy Wahlström
-Carl-Johan Lejland
-Erik Wedberg

Austria
-

Belgium
-

Czech Republic
-

France
-

Germany
-

Greece
-

Hungary
-

Ireland
-

Luxembourg
-

Poland
-

Romania
-

Slovenia
-

Spain
-

Switzerland
-

Turkey
-

United Kingdom
-

Most of the Jurors are followed by several co-operators who are important motoring journalists and photographers from their media.

Dear Member of the Jury of The Car of the Year,

Here you can sign up for the Tannistest 2026. The fee for all members of the jury is 250 Euro per person, and for their cooperators it is 150 Euro per person.

Please enter your details below. You can enter up to 5 Co-operators if needed.

Note: Book your lodging directly with the Tannishus Hotel, tel: +45 98 93 13 00 or via e-mail:

To register as jury member + team please send the following information to:

• E- mail
• Name
• Country
• Day of arrival
• Day of departure
• Do you need shuttle from the airport? If yes, please send flight details
• If you also register for co-operator please remember to send the following information:
• Co-operator (Enter name)
• Co-operator (Arrival)
• Co-operator (Departure)

Here you can sign up for the Tannistest 2026.

Please note: Book your lodging directly with the Tannishus Hotel, tel: +45 98 93 13 00 or via e-mail:

To register as Observer/Expert please send the following information to:

• E- mail
• Name
• Company
• Job Title
• Country
• Day of arrival
• Day of departure
• Other relevant information

There can be one, two or three versions of the same candidate car.

Please fill in one registration-form per car attending the Tannistest.

Cars should be delivered on Friday September 18th at the latest, and collected on Thursday 24th September after 2 pm.

Delivery Address:
Hotel Tannishus
Tannisbugtvej 123
Tversted Strand
DK-9881 Bindslev
Denmark

To register a car please send the following information to:

• E-mail
• Manufacturer
• General model name
• Exact model name
• Colour (if possible)
• Registration / License Number (if possible)
• Other relevant information
• Car cleaning (exterior and interior)
  Yes/No/Not yet decided
  

Conditions for car cleaning

• Price for car cleaning is DKK 2.200 ex. VAT per car. (appr. 300 Euro+VAT)
• Contact person (name)
• Contact person (mobile phone)

Remember to fill in a specification sheet for each car and be as accurately as possible:

Download 2026-form here

Location:

Hotel Tannishus
Tannisbugtvej 123
DK-9981 Bindslev
DENMARK

By car from Europe:

From the German border it is less than 400 km to the Hotel Tannishus. In Denmark there is a motorway all the way to Hirtshals. From there it is only 15 km to Hotel Tannishus in Tversted.

By airplane:

The flight from Copenhagen to Aalborg airport is approx. 40 minutes. There are also other flight connections directly to Aalborg. From Aalborg airport it takes less than one hour to drive to the hotel. You can rent a car from the airport.

For Jury-members we have a special shuttle-service from the airport to Hotel Tannishus and return. If you need this, please let us know and please mail all flight details to 

Accommodation:

Tannistest has obtained a special price for staying at Hotel Tannishus for all participants. The price includes breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as it includes The Dinner of the year Wednesday evening. Please ask the reception for details.

For guests who do not stay at Hotel Tannishus it is possible to buy tickets for meals at the reception.

Hotel reservations should be made directly with Hotel Tannishus: 

or phone: +45 98 93 13 00.

Provisional longlist of candidates (COTY 2027):

(Updated April 2026)

BMW iX3 *
BMW i3
Cupra Raval
DS No.7
Hyundai Ioniq 3
Kia EV2
Kia EV5 *
Kia K4 *
Lucid Gravity
Mazda CX-5 *
Mazda CX-6e
Mercedes-Benz C-class
Mercedes-Benz GLB *
Mercedes-Benz GLC *
MG 4 Urban
MG S6 *
Polestar 5
Porsche Cayenne *
Renault Clio *
Renault Twingo
Skoda Epiq
Skoda Peaq
Toyota RAV4 *
VW ID. Cross
VW ID. Polo
VW T-Roc *
Volvo EX60 *
Xpeng P7+
Zeekr 7GT

Cars marked with an asterisk (*) are confirmed for the official Longlist of Candidate Cars for 2027.

These cars are now confirmed for Tannistest:

(Updated April 2026)

• Hyundai Ioniq 3

In case you have questions, please feel free to contact Tannistest:

Søren W. Rasmussen
President, COTY
Organizer of Tannistest
swr@fdm.dk
Mobile phone: +45 20 20 77 73

Useful links:

Igen i år laver FDM/Motor en fælles ansøgning til Motorstyrelsen, så hvis blot vi får en kopi af registreringsattesten på bilerne sørger vi for de nedenstående deltagere:

Danske deltagere:

Søren W. Rasmussen, Karsten M. Lemche, Torben Arent