One feature literally shines, and that is a trim used on doors and the center console. But unlike your basic piano black, this is gray. That makes it unique enough, but it also has a palpable texture. Up close the pattern looks like the teeth of a zipper locked together; the trim piece is unlike any variation on shiny interior trim we’ve seen yet.

The Civic also has an interesting, beautiful, airy honeycomb trim piece spanning the width of the instrument panel. Crafted out of aluminum, not plastic, the giant piece of trim not only adds design flair, but also conceals the oftentimes ugly vents of the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system.

The vents are still under there, but because they are set lower, a long, stick-like controller protrudes from the honeycomb grid. Moving in a 360-degree fashion it allows fins to be positioned to guide airflow in the direction the driver or passenger wants.