Vehicle body structure with detachable roof

A detachable-roof-equipped vehicle body structure comprising:

• a roof opening section provided in a roof of a vehicle body;
• a soft top constructed to be detachably attached to the roof opening section for closing the roof opening section;
• a wire member provided on the soft top for pressing downward a depressed end section of the soft top along the roof opening section;
• and
• a seal member provided on an opening edge portion of the roof opening section for abutting against the depressed end section of the soft top, the seal member including a first seal section and a second seal section spaced from each other in a horizontal direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the wire member,
• the soft top including:
• a flexible sheet constructed to cover the roof opening section;
• a reinforcing member formed of a material of higher rigidity than the sheet and provided on a side of the sheet closer to a passenger compartment;
• and
• a connection section connecting the wire member to the reinforcing member,
• the reinforcing member being abutted, from above, against both of the first and second seals.