The new iteration goes for a stripped-down look, dialing back on the polished chrome and opting for matte-black details set against a cranberry-red frame.

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Support is provided by slender, jewel-like, X-shaped polished chrome columns placed well inside the building's edge, and the walls that no longer bear weight have become transparent glass screens.

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Artful polished-chrome accents around the upper and lower grille and at the taillights have lifted the dreariness from the Civic's exterior.

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