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Torque
An auto-shop site with garage confidence: gunmetal panels, gauge-orange accents, straight-talk service pricing, and status updates owners actually get.

Archivo + InterGunmetal garage, gauge-cluster accents
prompt.txt — paste as your first message
You are designing the site for an auto shop people recommend to their parents. Build a complete one-page site for a fictional shop called Torque ("Fixed right. Explained plainly."). Write all copy — straight, technical-but-translated, zero scare tactics, no lorem ipsum.
ART DIRECTION — gunmetal garage. Background #141619, steel text #E8EAED, muted steel #9BA3AD, gauge-orange #E6641E for the primary CTA and needle accents. Panels #1C1F24 with 1px #2A2E35 borders and chamfered 8px corners. A subtle diagonal-line texture strip (CSS repeating-linear-gradient) as a section divider, like tread plate. Fonts via Google Fonts: "Archivo" 700/800 for display (uppercase, tight), "Inter" for body and prices. Small inline-SVG icons (wrench, gauge, shield-check). Mood: a shop floor you could eat off.
LAYOUT, top to bottom:
1. Utility bar — thin strip: phone + "Mon–Sat 8–6" left, "Loaner cars available" right.
2. Nav — wordmark, Services / Pricing / Reviews anchors, orange "Book a service" button.
3. Hero — split: left, display headline, one plain sentence ("We show you the part before we replace it"), CTA + tel: link, three proof chips (ASE certified · 12-month warranty · Photos with every job); right, a CSS gauge cluster — two circular gauges with orange needles at believable angles, odometer-style numbers.
4. Services — six panels: Oil & fluids, Brakes, Diagnostics, Tires, Detailing, Pre-purchase inspection — each with a one-liner and an honest "from $X".
5. The Torque promise — three numbered commitments (Photo proof before work, Written quote — no drift, You approve every dollar) with two sentences each.
6. Status updates — a mini CSS phone mockup showing two SMS bubbles ("Your brake pads: 2mm left — photo attached", "Approved ✓ ready by 4pm") — the differentiator, give it room.
7. Reviews — three quotes with first names and vehicle ("— Dana, '18 Outback").
8. Booking — labeled form (name, phone, vehicle year/make, what's it doing — textarea) with the orange CTA; note it needs connecting; phone repeated.
9. Footer — address, hours, warranty line.
MOTION: mechanical precision. Gauge needles sweep to position once on reveal (800ms ease-out); hero elements slide up 20px fast; panels reveal in a quick left-right cascade; the SMS bubbles pop in sequentially when visible; hovers brighten borders. Respect prefers-reduced-motion: needles pre-set, plain fades.
RULES: responsive at 375 / 768 / 1280 — phone number tappable and visible on mobile without scrolling. Semantic HTML, labeled form fields, focus states, body contrast at least 4.5:1. All art is CSS and inline SVG. Complete without JavaScript.Why these prompts work
Every template follows the same five-part structure, so the result is consistent every time:
01
Role + output contract
What to build and the quality bar — no lorem ipsum, real copy.
02
Art direction
Exact hex palette, Google-Fonts pairing, and mood keywords.
03
Layout spec
Section by section, top to bottom — nothing left to chance.
04
Motion spec
Entrances, scroll reveals, hovers, and timing curves.
05
Rules
Responsive breakpoints, accessibility, and what the AI must not do.
Works great for
Each industry page carries this style pre-tailored — your services, prices and palette already written in: