
Hiromasa Iwasaki
SuzukiDesign lead
Handled design for the 2025 minor change of the ninth-generation Alto, refining the rear spoiler in the wind tunnel with the aerodynamics team
Timeline
- 2021
Alto 9th generation2021–presentDesign lead
Worked with
- Takeyuki SuzukiDevelopment lead until Jul. 2025
- Hideaki TakenakaDevelopment lead from Jul. 2025
Aerodynamics that were hard because the car was already so good
For the minor change, the planning side asked for the single chrome bar at the front to be changed to refresh the look, and the design was considered together with that. He worked with the aerodynamics team to make the aerodynamics better than before the update, but recalls that it was difficult because the car was already very good to begin with. Even so, they removed the oval groove in the front bumper to make airflow separation a little smoother, and tuned the rear spoiler's length and angle bit by bit in the wind tunnel.
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A designer of the Alto. He was responsible for the design of the Alto's minor change.
Translated from Japanese sources.
Suzuki engineers
Takeyuki SuzukiAlto
Masao KoboriSwift
Hideaki TakenakaHustler / Alto
Hidenori TakahashiSwift
Isamu OgawaSwift
Hiroyuki YonezawaJimny
Masahiko MizushimaAlto
Masayuki YamamotoAlto