Gentex Corporation, the Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors, has begun shipping interior automatic-dimming rearview mirrors for the Toyota Corolla and the all-new Matrix.
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The company says that this marks the first time the company’s mirrors have been offered on North American compact vehicles.
Gentex’s Night Vision Safety Mirrors automatically darken to reduce glare from the headlamps of vehicles approaching from the rear. The brighter the glare, the darker the mirrors become, making night driving safer.
The Gentex mirrors are available on the LE version of the Corolla and the XRS version of the Matrix. They’re also available as a stand-alone feature through several dealer installation programs.
In addition to automatically dimming upon detecting glare, the mirrors contain a compass display and map lamps that feature “white light” LED technology.
“Last summer our mirrors debuted on the Camry, and now they’re available on the Corolla and Matrix,” said Ken La Grand, Gentex executive vice president. “This means automatic-dimming mirrors have successfully penetrated each segment of the market and now can be found on nearly every vehicle type: from luxury cars and SUVs to mid-sized and compact vehicles. Historically, once you break into a new vehicle segment, it opens the door for increased sales and application rates.
“There’s more glare on the road today than ever before,” continued La Grand. “The higher-mounted headlamps of trucks and SUVs, high-intensity discharge lamps, the increased number of vehicles on the road — for these and other reasons, the time is right for our glare-elimination technology, especially for smaller cars.”
