39th year · Issue 4 ·
Tuesday 11th October 2016
Jurors in
Tannis
Jurors from all
over Europe
come to the
Tannistest.
Today’s portrait:
Czech Jiří
Duchoň, visiting
Tannis for the
second time.
Jiří Duchoň
Born: July 24 1981 in Brno,
Czech Republic.
Lives: In Brno, the second
largest city in Czech Republic
and home of the famous race
track since 1930.
Family: Married to Katarína
(conductor), sons Pavel, 5, and
Tomáš, 5 months.
Working for: Automobil monthly,
(Business Media CZ), since 2010,
editor-in-chief since 2016
Journalist life: Editor of Automoto supplement in Rovnost daily
(Vltava-Labe-Press 2000-2007);
technical editor TIPpro Oldtimer
monthly (AGM CZ 2002-12);
senior editor Autorevue.cz (Mladá
Fronta 2006-14).
Motoring journalist since:
2000.
Private car: BMW 523i Saloon
Meet the experts!
This afternoon we have the
formal, but informal interviewsessions. We warmly invite all
jury members and their cooperators to participate.
There is no scheduling – just
walk around and sit down,
where there are some vacant
(1998, mint), Ford Focus 1.6i HB
(2000, my wife's daily user).
Best car driven: Škoda 105 L,
because it was my first car…
Worst car driven: Citroën BX GT,
because it was in really poor condition and the suspension was going
up and down all the time, when the
engine was on.
Years in Tannis: 2.
Best of Tannis: Many brand new
cars at one place, fabulous countryside and plenty of great people from
whom I can still learn a lot!
Coming back next year? Sure!
Importance of Coty: The best
known, totally independent competition of its kind with a rich tradition
and with the most important European car journalists.
Car of Year 2017: Škoda Kodiaq,
that is perfectly clear.
My favourite Car of the Year 2017:
Alfa Romeo Giulia.
Permit to drive
A driving permit? Permit to
drive???
Yes, in the clove compartment of most of the test cars
there is a paper stating in
Danish that certain people are
allowed to drive the car. The
permit is issued by the Danish
tax authorities and is needed
for all Danish participants, as
Danes living in Denmark are
not allowed to drive a foreign
registered car in Denmark!
The crazy rule is a consequence of the Danish tax on
cars, which stands at 150
percent of the retail price. To
prevent Danes from circumnavigate the tax by buying
German, Swedish etc. cars, it
is simply forbidden to drive
cars with foreign registration.
A few, rigorous exemptions
exist. One of them is for test
drive of car models, which
have never been in Denmark
before. The permit must be
obtained for every car and
every driver.
chairs. It is a tradition that interviews may overlap.
The interviews take place
16.00-18.00 in the room next to
the reception. Today’s OEMs:
Audi, Citroën, Jaguar, Nissan,
Seat, Tesla, Volvo and Volkswagen. Remaining brands are
available Wednesday afternoon.