Tannistest - a part of The Car of the Year programme

The contenders for Car of the Year parked on the beach.

 Tannistest

  • 2024: From Saturday 21 September to Thursday 26 September

  • The largest independent car test in the world.

  • A unique opportunity for the Car of the Year jurors to test and compare all the candidates in equal driving conditions.

  • Organized yearly by the Nordic jury group i cooperation with The Car of the Year Jurygroup.

Car of the Year. Cars lined up for testing.

 Car of the Year

  • An international award, judged by a panel of senior motoring journalists across Europe.

  • The object is yearly to acclaim the most outstanding new car on the European market.

  • The Jury consists of 59 members, representing 22 European countries.

 

Program 2024 (COTY 2025)

Programme Tannistest 2024  (COTY 2025)

Friday September 20

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

Saturday September 21

08.00 – 18.00                 Free testing

Sunday September 22

08.00 – 18.00                 Free testing

Monday September 23

09.00 – 12.00                 Beach photo

08.00 – 16.00                 Free testing (limited number of test cars)

20.00 – 23.00                 Night driving session I

Tuesday September 24

08.00 – 17.00                 Free testing (Limited no. of cars available)

09.00 – 16.00                 Special tests at the Sindal airport

16.00 – 18.00                 Interview session I

20.00 – 23.00                 Night driving session II

Wednesday September 25             

08.00 – 16.00                 Free testing

16.00 – 18.00                 Interview session II

20.00 -                           ‘The Dinner of the Year’

Thursday September 26

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.

 

Jury Members attending Tannistest 2024

Final list (September 2024):

Denmark
-Søren W. Rasmussen

Finland
-Velimatti Honkanen

Norway
-Fred Magne Skillebæk

Sweden
-Tommy Wahlström
-Carl-Johan Lejland
-Jan-Erik Berggren

***

Austria
-Michael Andrusio
-Dieter Hubmann

Belgium
-Stéphane Lémeret
-Joost Bolle

Czech Republic
-J
iri Duchon

France
-Florence Lagarde
-Stephane Meunier
-Guy L'Hospital

Germany
-Alexander Bloch
-Hanno Boblenz
-Frank Mertens
-Dennis Petermann

Greece
-Helen Xenaki

Hungary
-Zsolt Csikós

Ireland
-Michael McAleer

Netherlands
-Frank Buma

Poland
-Roman Popkiewicz
-Maciek Ziemek

Romania
-Florin Micu

Switzerland
-Andreas Faust
-Ramon Egger
-Simon Tottoli

Slovenia
-Sebastjan Plevnjak

Spain
-Xavier Pérez Giménez

Turkey
-Ufuk Sandik

United Kingdom
-Vicky Parrott
-Mark Tisshaw
-Paul Horrell

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

Register Jury Member + Team

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

Here you can sign up for the Tannistest 2024. The fee for all members of the jury and their cooperators 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:
hotel@tannishus.dk.

To register as jury member + team please send the following information to tannistest@fdm.dk

  • 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)
Register as Observer/Expert

Here you can sign up for the Tannistest 2024.

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

To register as Observer/Expert please send the following information to tannistest@fdm.dk

  • E- mail
  • Name
  • Company
  • Job Title
  • Country
  • Day of arrival
  • Day of departure
  • Other relevant information
Register test car(s)

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 20th at the latest, and collected on Thursday 26th  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 tannistest@fdm.dk

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

  • 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)
  • Contact person (name) 
  • Contact person (mobile phone) 
How to get there / Accommodation

Location:

Hotel Tannishus
Tannisbugtvej 123
DK-9981 Bindslev
DENMARK

hotel@tannishus.dk

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 tannistest@fdm.dk

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: hotel@tannishus.dk or phone: +45 98 93 13 00

Candidate Cars

Provisional longlist of candidates (COTY 2025):

Alfa Romeo Junior *
Audi A5
Audi A6 e-tron
Audi Q6 e-tron *
BMW 1-series
BMW X2/iX2
BMW X3
BYD Seal U *
Citroën C3/ë-C3 *
Citroën C3 Aircross
Cupra Tavascan *
Cupra Terramar *
Dacia Duster *
Fiat Grande Panda
Ford Capri *
Ford Explorer *
Ford Tourneo Courier *
Hyundai Inster *
Hyundai Santa Fe *
KGM Torres
Kia EV3 *
Lancia Ypsilon
Lexus LBX *
Lotus Emeya *
Maserati GranTurismo
Maserati Grecale
Mazda CX-80
MG 3 *
MG Cyberster *
Mini Aceman
Mini Cooper SE
Mini Countryman
Nio EL8 *
Opel Frontera
Opel Grandland *
Polestar 3 *
Polestar 4 *
Porsche Macan *
Renault 5 *
Renault Rafale *
Renault Symbioz *
Škoda Kodiaq *
Škoda Superb *
Smart #3
Suzuki Swift *
Toyota Land Cruiser *
Volkswagen Passat
Volkswagen Tiguan
Volvo EX90 *
Xpeng G6 *

Cars marked with a * will be at Tannistest 2024:

 

Complete list of testcars at Tannistest 2024

These cars are now confirmed for Tannistest:

(Updated 14.09.2024)

Alfa Romeo Junior
Audi Q6 e-tron
BYD Seal U
Citroën C3/ë-C3
Cupra Tavascan
Cupra Terramar
Dacia Duster
Ford Capri
Ford Explorer
Ford Tourneo Courier
Hyundai Inster
Hyundai Santa Fe
Kia EV3
Lexus LBX
Lotus Emeya
MG 3
MG Cyberster
Nio EL8
Opel Grandland
Polestar 3
Polestar 4
Porsche Macan
Renault 5
Renault Rafale
Renault Symbioz
Škoda Kodiaq
Škoda Superb
Suzuki Swift
Toyota Land Cruiser
Volvo EX90
Xpeng G6

 

Contact

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:

Testcar Specification 2024

For Danish participants

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

Downloads

Tannistest Today - Specifikation sheets - Elktest - AEB test - Photopackage
Here you can download Tannistest Today (when issued):
FOLDER WITH TANNISTEST TODAY

Here you can download specification sheets on all the testcars:
FOLDER WITH SPECIFICATION SHEETS ON TESTCARS
List of testcars present at the Tannistest can be found via the QR code on your nametag. 


Here you will find the results from the test at Sindal Airport and the AEB rear test: 
FOLDER WITH RESULTS FROM ELK AND AEB REAR TESTS

All pictures in the photopackage can be found on the link below: 
FOLDER WITH PHOTOPACKAGE 2024 

All pictures are free to use for participants in the Tannistest 2024. Pictures will be added to the folder during the Tannistest. If you have questions in regards to pictures, you can contact os via email: kml@fdm.dk

If you use photo accreditation please apply – Photo: Tannistest/Lemche

Specification Sheet - Fill Out Form

Please leave a copy in each car.

Also, please send a copy of the completed sheets to: tannistest@fdm.dk, as we plan to publish them on the website.

In case you do not manage to print the specification sheet prior to Tannistest, the Tannistest Office can assist you.

Download Specification Sheet: Testcar Specification 2024

News 

The timeline for the COTY year has been updated!

We are pleased to announce that the announcement of the winner of the title The Car of the Year 2025 will take place at the Brussels Motor Show in January next year. Due to this early date, we have adjusted the timeline to have the time needed for the final test of the seven finalist cars. The updated timeline is:

2024:

Monthly: An updated dynamic longlist (attached) November 8th: Finalization of the long list

 

2025:

Finalist Mettet Test: January 8th-9th COTY 2025 final vote: January 9th Award Ceremony: January 10th, 11:30 AM on Brussels Motor Show
  • November 11-13th: First round voting.
  • November 15th: Shortlist publication.
Reduced presence from Stellantis

(September 14th)

Unfortunately, two Stellantis models could not be ready for the Tannistest. It concerns the Fiat Grande Panda and the Opel Frontera. These two models will not be available for test drives at Tannistest.

35 Jurors ready for Tannistest

(September 14th)

Now, 35 Jurors from 21 countries have registered for Tannistest 2024. Most of them are accompanied by co-operators, so the total number of journalists will exceed 60. They can all test drive the 31 car models registered for the event.

Volkswagen has canceled their presence at Tannistest

(September 12th)

Unfortunately, Volkswagen has had to announce that they cannot be present with cars at this year's Tannistest after all. This means that the Jury members don't get the opportunity to test drive the two models from VW that are on this year's Long list. It concerns the VW Passat and the VW Tiguan.

Søren

Charging fee for EV's and PHEV's at Tannistest 2024

Tannistest has organized charging infrastructure so we can charge all the test cars at the event. To cover these costs, we ask the Car Manufacturers/Car Importers for payment to charge the electric cars and the plug-in hybrid cars that are participating in Tannistest 2024.
The fee will be a 'flat rate' of 100 Euro for each BEV or PHEV car. The fee will be charged at the event to one of the representatives of each brand in case we haven't agreed on other payment methods. The Tannistest organization ensures that all the cars are continuously charged so that there always is sufficient power for the test drives.

Søren

Many Jurors already registered for Tannistest

(August 27th)

At the moment 26 Jurors from 18 countries have registered for Tannistest 2024. Most of them are accompanied by co-operators so the total number of journalists will exceed 50 persons. At the moment there are 29 models registered for the event. And we still expect more car models to come...

The Car of the Year 2024 - The winner is...

(February 26th)

The new Renault Scenic has been proclaimed the Car of the Year 2024 in a ceremony that has taken place in Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS). The Renault Scenic E-Tech has achieved first place thanks to 329 votes obtained. For 22 Jurors, this SUV has been chosen as the best of the seven finalists. This is the seventh time that Renault wins the Car of the Year trophy which celebrates its 61st edition.

The BMW 5-Series, second, has been close to Renault Scenic, with a total of 308 votes and 19 best votes, followed by the new Peugeot 3008, third, with 197 and 3 best votes. The rest of the finalist for the award were Kia EV9 (190 points), Volvo EX30 (168), BYD Seal (131) and Toyota C-HR (127). This edition, four of the seven finalist models were completely electric, including the winner and the other three had completely electric and/or plug-in versions.

On this occasion, the Car of the Year ceremony has returned to the GIMS after being held at the Brussels International Motor Show in 2023. Car of the Year ceremony has been the fist event of Geneva International Motor Show.

The Jury for the Car of the Year 2024 has been made up of 58 members, representing 22 countries, with the objective of finding the best new car on sale.

The Short list 2024 - The 7 finalists

(November 27th)

Of the 28 new cars of the long list of candidates, the 59 eligible jury members from 22 countries cast their votes in the first round and selected the shortlist. The seven finalists in alphabetical order are:

  • BMW 5-series
  • BYD Seal
  • Kia EV9
  • Peugeot E-3008/3008
  • Renault Scenic
  • Toyota C-HR
  • Volvo EX30
The official Long list 2024

(November 23rd)

Out of the provisional longlist of candidates, The Car of the Year Jury Committee has selected
the eligible cars for the competition for The Car of the Year 2024. The 28 cars of the official
2024 longlist are, in alphabetical order:


1. BMW 5-series
2. BMW XM
3. BYD Atto 3
4. BYD Dolphin
5. BYD Han
6. BYD Seal
7. Fiat 600e
8. Ford Bronco
9. Honda CR-V
10. Honda e:NY1
11. Honda ZR-V
12. Hyundai Ioniq 6
13. Hyundai Kona
14. Jeep Grand Cherokee
15. Kia EV9
16. Lexus RZ
17. Lucid Air
18. Mercedes-Benz E-class
19. Mercedes-EQ EQE SUV
20. Nio ET7
21. Peugeot E-3008/3008
22. Renault Espace
23. Renault Scenic
24. Smart #1
25. Toyota C-HR
26. Toyota Prius
27. Volkswagen ID.7
28. Volvo EX30

28 Jurors from 19 countries

(Updated September 20th)

28 Jurors have registered for Tannistest this year. Together with around 30 co-operators we can expect appr. 60 journalists in total. 15 car brands are bringing 23 new car models and in total 50 cars to the event. And for many jurors it is the first chance to drive several of the car models on public roads. It seems to be a great test for all participant!

Søren

Last minute update on test cars...

(Updated 20th September - Renault Scenic goes 'Dynamic')

NEW: Renault now confirm that they will bring four cars of the new Scenic and that all cars will be available for dynamic test drives.

There has also been some other changes in the list of cars available at Tannistest 2023. Unfortunately XPENG has chosen to withdraw all the test cars from the test, which means there will be no XPENG P7 or G9 at the Tannistest. I know many have looked forward to see and try these cars, but this is not possible now, and the reason is that XPENG doesn't qualify for the longlist since they are only present in four markets this year. Next year it is another situation...

Luckily we have now been able to welcome FIAT with the new 600e and LUCID AIR this year . The complete list of cars at the event is updated above, and later we will list the complete coverage of car models including detailed information on each test car for the Tannistest.

Søren

Please send more cars!

Due to a record amount of jurors attending Tannistest this year we are now in contact to the car manufactors in order to ask for more test cars for the event. This should prevent waiting time for a test car for the Jurors at the event. 

Søren

Charging fee for EV's and PHEV's at Tannistest 2023

Tannistest has organized charging infrastructure so we are able to charge all the test cars at the event. To cover these costs, we ask the Car Manufacturers/Car Importers for payment to charge the electric cars and the plug-in hybrid cars that are participating in Tannistest 2023.
The fee will be a 'flat rate' of 100 Euro for each BEV or PHEV car. The fee will be charged at the event to one of the representatives of each brand in case we haven't agreed in other payment methods. The Tannistest organization ensures that all the cars are continuously charged so that there always is sufficient power for the test drives.

Søren

27 Jurors from 19 countries

(Updated September 20th)

27 Jurors have registered for Tannistest this year. Together with around 30 co-operators we can expect appr. 60 journalists in total. 15 car brands are bringing 22 new car models and in total 47 cars to the event. And for many jurors it is the first chance to drive several of the car models on public roads. It seems to be a great test for all participant!

Søren

Time to sign up for Tannistest 2023

In around 100 days Tannistest 2023 will take place! Therefore, it is recommendable to sign up for the event both for you as a Juror and for you as a representative from the industry. Please use the link here for the sign-up part, but don’t forget to reserve the hotel directly – first in, first served! For the time being we expect around 25-30 jury-members to join the event and around 30-35 new car models.

Søren

And the winner is....

Jeep Avenger is Car of the Year 2023!

Congratulations to Jeep!

See more here: https://www.caroftheyear.org/winners/2023/voting-grid.php 

The voting grid was:

Finalist

Votes

1st places

Jeep Avenger

328

21

Volkswagen ID. Buzz

241

16

Nissan Ariya

211

3

Kia Niro

200

6

Renault Austral

163

7

Peugeot 408

149

3

Subaru Solterra/Toyota bZ4X

133

1

Thanks to all for a fantastic Tannistest 2022!

This Tannistest has been a suc­cess! Not because of the weather! But because of the great support from both COTY-Jurors and the industry. It has resulted in many cars, fine tests and excellent photo ses­sions. And we managed to have two interesting interview sessions.
So, as the organizer of Tannis-test I will conclude, we got what we came for. It has once again been great to join Tannistest whatever you are a journalist or a represen­tative of the industry.

   I will use the opportunity to thank the car brands for their strong com­­mit­ment and support by bringing both cars and experts.  Also to my colleagues in the Jury and my colleagues from FDM I wish to say: Thank you! And to everyone: I wish you a safe jour­ney back home and welcome back next year!
On behalf of the Nordic jury group
Søren W. Rasmussen