All I Want for Christmas Is the Toyota Supra Sport Top

Longtime fans of the brand will recall previous generations of the Supra could be opted with a removable roof or t-tops, depending on the year. This concept blends both ideas, employing two composite panels but no center bar cleaving its way through the roof opening. Toyota’s R&D crew in Michigan used 3D printing technology to create the panels, crafting a pair which retain the windshield header shape, not to mention the outer roof body structure forms on each side of the driver’s and passenger’s side outer roof body structure shapes.

To maintain structural integrity, the team reinforced those outer body structures while also adding reinforcement underneath. As lead builder Marty Schwerter said, it was not a simple task.

“This was no easy build,” he said. “We put a lot of thought into cutting the roof and removing a significant part of the car’s structure. It was way more complicated than we originally thought.” In other words, this build went way beyond simply lopping off the roof and calling it a day. “ Removing the top was extremely tough and required some innovative work to retain the GR Supra’s rigidity,” said Schwerter. “I love how it came out, and I hope others love it, too.”

Your author certainly does, given the fact his childhood room was peppered with posters of the Mk4 Supra. Speaking of, this year sees the return of the 2020 GR Supra Heritage Edition, a car which incorporates an actual Mk4 wing, customized to fit this new-gen car. Other wonderful callback details include a tremendous set of baseball-sized tail lamps and custom diffuser. The open-air Sport Top concept you see here was inspired by that car and incorporates refined versions of its key details, ones which we fervently hope will make it into a Toyota accessories catalog at some point in the future.

So why now, in the middle of December? Well, with all the wrinkles brought forth by the 2020 calendar year, Toyota opted to unleash its SEMA builds in two waves. The automaker unveiled four builds at SEMA360 in early November (including a kitted-out Tacoma and pair of drift-ready Supras), saving the final reveal of the GR Supra Sport Top Edition for today’s announcement.

Besides, it’s never too late to add an item to your holiday wish list.

For the full story behind Toyota’s Supra Sport Top, as well as the rest of the brand’s SEMA360 builds, click here.