This Mk4 Supra Sat On A Dealership Roof For 20 Years And Looks Brutal Up Close
For about two decades, a bright green Mk4 Toyota Supra sat on the roof of a Mutiara Motors building in Larkin, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The car served as a rooftop landmark, and its color made the building impossible to miss.
Mutiara Motors has now lowered the Supra to the ground and shared the moment in a video on social media. Once it was down, enthusiasts finally got a close look at what 20 years of tropical weather had done to it, and the damage goes well beyond what anyone could see from the street.
Why A Malaysian Dealership Parked A Mk4 Supra On Its Roof
Mutiara Motors put the Supra on its roof to act as a giant, eye-catching sign for the business. According to Malaysian outlet paultan.org, the car went up in the mid-2000s, when the building on Jalan Cenderawasih served as a center for Mutiara’s own M7 Japan brand. Lexus Johor later moved into the same building and opened in January 2015.
Mutiara Motors sells new Toyota and Lexus models and also imports reconditioned JDM sports cars dating back to the 1980s. Its M7 Japan brand covers everything from performance parts to energy drinks, so a JDM hero like the Supra was a natural choice for a rooftop mascot.
The A80 Supra arrived in 1993 with Toyota’s 3.0-liter 2JZ inline-six, which made 320 hp and 315 lb-ft in twin-turbo 2JZ-GTE form. Its iron block made the 2JZ engine a favorite among tuners, and a modified Supra went on to star in The Fast and the Furious in 2001.
That fame has pushed Mk4 values into six figures. A low-mileage, six-speed 1998 Supra Turbo sold for $220,000 at Mecum’s Kissimmee auction in 2026, while the Paul Walker movie car set a record at $550,000 at Barrett-Jackson in 2021. This particular Supra spent its most valuable years working as a sign instead.
Up Close, 20 Years On The Roof Left This Supra In Brutal Shape
The Supra’s green paint is ruined, faded and broken down after years of direct sunlight with no cover. Its headlights and taillights have turned cloudy, and both the rear windshield and the right-side window glass are missing. Those two openings left the cabin exposed to whatever the weather brought.
There are no seats visible inside the car, either. That suggests the interior was stripped out before the Supra went up on the roof, which would have made the car lighter and easier to mount. Even so, the bare cabin has spent two decades taking the same punishment as the bodywork.
Johor sits just north of the equator, and its monthly maximum UV index ranges from 12 to 16 throughout the year. That puts every single month in the extreme exposure category. UV light breaks down clear coat first and then attacks the color underneath, which is why the green paint has suffered so badly.
Johor Bahru also gets about 107.7 inches of rain a year, spread across roughly 296 rainy days. With glass missing from the back and one side of the car, nothing kept that water out of the cabin. Heat and humidity stay high year-round, too, which speeds up corrosion on any exposed metal.
Clean Mk4 Supras climbed past $200,000 at auction while this one sat on a rooftop with no protection at all. It’s a rough fate for a car that collectors now treat as one of the most desirable Japanese sports cars ever built.
Mutiara Motors Says This Is Not The End For Its Rooftop Supra
Mutiara Motors captioned the removal video with a hopeful line: “This is not your end. It’s your beginning.” The dealership hasn’t explained what it has planned, but the message strongly hints at a restoration.
According to paultan.org, the car may have been lowered for restoration and could go on display somewhere else, since the Lexus center in Larkin had already closed. Restoring the Supra back to its original condition would mean new paint, new glass, new lights, and a full interior, which won’t come cheap even for a dealer with deep JDM connections.
This Supra also isn’t the only one Mutiara Motors put on a roof. A second green A80 Supra still sits on top of the company’s headquarters on Jalan Tebrau in Johor Bahru, exposed to the same tropical weather. It has been doing the same billboard job, so it’s likely picking up the same kind of sun and rain damage this one did.
Source: Mutiara Motors via Instagram, Mecum
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