.hero {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--grad-hero);
  margin-top: -76px;      /* under transparent nav */
  padding-top: 76px;
  padding-bottom: 0;      /* gap to next block = that block's top padding */
  overflow: hidden;
}

/* feathered showroom banner — edges fade to TRANSPARENT so it blends into
   whatever theme (A/B/C/D) background shows through. */
.hero-banner {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  background: url("../../assets/images/banner.jpg") center right / cover no-repeat;
  opacity: 0.28;                /* mobile: sits quietly behind the text */
  pointer-events: none;
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0%, #000 32%, #000 72%, transparent 100%);
          mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0%, #000 32%, #000 72%, transparent 100%);
  -webkit-mask-repeat: no-repeat; mask-repeat: no-repeat;
  -webkit-mask-size: 100% 100%; mask-size: 100% 100%;
}

.hero-inner {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: clamp(40px, 6vw, 64px);
  padding-block: clamp(48px, 8vw, 96px) var(--section);
}

.hero-content { max-width: 640px; }
.hero-content .eyebrow { font-size: 14px; }

.hero-title {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(46px, 8.4vw, 88px);
  line-height: 0.98;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
  margin-bottom: 28px;
}
.hero-title .accent { color: var(--iris); }

.hero-sub {
  font-family: var(--body);
  font-size: clamp(16px, 1.5vw, 18px);
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--smoke);
  max-width: 460px;
  margin-bottom: 36px;
}

.hero-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 14px; }

.hero-media { position: relative; animation: heroFrameIn 1s var(--ease) both; }
.hero-media img {
  width: 100%; display: block; aspect-ratio: 3 / 2; object-fit: cover;
  animation: heroImgSettle 1.8s var(--ease) both;
}

@keyframes heroFrameIn {
  from { transform: translateY(26px); }
  to   { transform: translateY(0); }
}
@keyframes heroImgSettle {
  from { transform: scale(1.09); }
  to   { transform: scale(1); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .hero-media, .hero-media img { animation: none; }
}

/* trust row */
.hero-trust {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 28px 0;
  margin-top: clamp(44px, 6vw, 68px);
  padding-top: 34px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--charcoal);
}
.hero-trust-item { flex: 1 1 160px; padding-right: 24px; }
.hero-trust-num {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(30px, 3.4vw, 44px);
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: -0.04em;
  color: var(--carbon);
}
.hero-trust-label {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--smoke);
  margin-top: 10px;
}