Tannistest - a part of The Car of the Year programme

Friday September 19

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

Saturday September 20

08.00 – 18.00 Free testing

Sunday September 21

08.00 – 18.00 Free testing

Monday September 22

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 23

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 24

08.00 – 16.00 Free testing

16.00 – 18.00 Interview session II

20.00 - ‘The Dinner of the Year’

Thursday September 25

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.

(September, 15th, 2025):

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
-Joost Bolle

Czech Republic
-Jiri Duchon

France
-Florence Lagarde

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

Greece
-Helen Xenakis

Hungary
-Zsolt Csikós

Ireland
-Michael McAleer

Luxembourg
-Laurent Zilli

Poland
-Maciek Ziemek
-Roman Popkiewicz

Romania
-Micu Florin

Slovenia
-Sebastjan Plevnjak

Spain
-Francisco Javier Pérez Giménez

Switzerland
-Ramon Egger
-Simon Tottoli

Turkey
-Ufuk Sandik

United Kingdom
-Paul Horrell
-Vicky Parrtott
-Rob Gill
-Mark Tisshaw

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 2025. 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:

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 2025.

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 19th at the latest, and collected on Thursday 25th 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)
• Contact person (name)
• Contact person (mobile phone)

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

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 2026):

(Updated September 2025)

Alpine A390 *
Audi A6 *
Audi A6 e-tron *
Audi Q5 *
BYD Atto2 *
BYD Dolphin Surf *
BYD Sealion 7 *
Citroën C3 Aircross *
Citroën C5 Aircross *
Dacia Bigster *
DS N°8 *
Fiat Grande Panda *
Firefly firefly *
Hyundai Ioniq 9 *
Jeep Compass *
Kia EV4 *
Lancia Ypsilon *
Leapmotor B10 *
Leapmotor C10 *
Mazda 6e *
MG HS *
MG MGS5 EV *
Mercedes-Benz CLA *
Mini Aceman *
Mitsubishi Outlander *
Nissan Leaf *
Opel Frontera *
Renault 4 *
Smart #5 *
Škoda Elroq *
Suzuki eVitara/ Toyota Urban Cruiser *
Toyota C-HR+ *
Volvo ES90 *
Zeekr 7X *

Cars marked with an asterisk (*) are confirmed for the official Longlist of Candidate Cars for 2026.

These cars are now confirmed for Tannistest:

(Updated September 2025)

• Alpine A390
• Audi A6
• Audi A6 e-tron
• Audi Q5
• BYD Dolphin Surf
• BYD Sealion 7
• Citroën C3 Aircross
• Citroën C5 Aircross
• Dacia Bigster
• DS N°8
• Fiat Grande Panda
• Firefly firefly
• Hyundai Ioniq 9
• Jeep Compass
• Kia EV4
• Leapmotor B10
• Mazda 6e
• Mercedes-Benz CLA
• MG HS
• MG MGS5 EV
• Mitsubishi Outlander
• Nissan Leaf
• Opel Frontera (incl. Long Range)
• Renault 4
• Skoda Elroq
• Suzuki eVitara/Toyota Urban Cruiser
• Toyota C-HR+
• Zeekr 7X

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