All painted in the original factory color Olympus White, keeping the original

At the “Aruto Festival” in May 2024, where more than 200 Alto, Suzuki’s pride and joy of light cars, were gathered, there were a variety of Alto cars, old and new, in a wide range of styles and tweaking styles. Among them, we interviewed a female owner who has been using her 1994 “Alto Works” for 14 years, having bought it as her first car.

I bought it 140,000 years ago and it has 210,000 kilometers on the odometer

Jin was attending an event in her 1994 Suzuki Alto Works, which she bought 14 years ago as her first car. At first, without any prior knowledge of the car, he chose it because it was a cute, round-eyed kei car, but one day he hit the oil pan on a curb and went to the dealer, who advised him to buy a new one.

Jin wanted to continue to drive the car, and through a colleague at work, he ran into the Garage TSUJIRIYA, the organizer of the “Arutosai” event, and this is when his long relationship with the car really began. He says, “I was very interested in this car.

“The president of the company told me it was a waste of money because the underside of the car was not rusted and it was in great condition, and I knew I wanted to drive it. And from there, I have been with her for about 14 years, and she has almost reached 210,000 km.

I like the snappy ride

When he changed the wheels in the early days, he did not know about it and chose Hayashi Racing after much hesitation while consulting with the president of Garage Tinariya. It seems that he has put a lot of work into the car.

He is customizing the car to make it easier for himself to drive, such as the interior table and steering wheel cover, and he has added additional gauges so that he can keep track of the car’s condition.

By the way, what is the appeal of the Alto Works to “Jin” who has been driving his first car for 14 years?

“Of course the looks, but also the way the little car runs so smoothly among the big cars, like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and I like that.”

I can’t think of anything else but this car!

After restoring the car, the president of Garage Tinkerya gave his approval that the car could be driven for 200,000 km, and Jin plans to continue driving his Alto Works. Is there anything he plans to do in the future?

“Anyway, I hope to just drive the car together normally, without doing anything remarkable. I like it just the way it is. When I painted it all white, I originally bought it because I liked the white color, and I felt that if it was not white, I would think that it was not my car. I heard that the factory does not spray clear, but I asked them to spray only the clear that looks beautiful after washing the car. I can’t think of anything else but her anymore.”

translated by DeepL