Tacoma Is First Toyota to Offer Gentex Rear Camera Display Mirror as Original Equipment

Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX), the leading supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors to the worldwide automotive industry, has announced that it is supplying the 2009 Toyota Tacoma with an interior auto-dimming mirror with a rear camera display (RCD). Auto-dimming mirrors darken automatically to eliminate glare from the headlamps of vehicles approaching from the rear for improved nighttime driving.

The Tacoma, Toyota's compact pick-up truck, will begin featuring the Gentex RCD Mirror on 2009 models sold in the United States and Canada. It will be standard equipment in the TRD Off-Road, TRD Sport, and SR5 packages of both the D-Cab and the C-Cab. The Gentex RCD contains a liquid crystal display (LCD) that works with a video camera mounted at the rear of the vehicle to provide a view directly behind the vehicle while backing up. When the vehicle is shifted into "reverse," a 2.4-inch diagonal, high-resolution LCD display appears automatically through the auto-dimming mirror's reflective surface. The display disappears when the vehicle is shifted into any other gear.

"This is the first Toyota vehicle to employ our RCD Mirror as factory-installed equipment," said Enoch Jen, Gentex Senior Vice President. "The Gentex back-up mirror system provides a cost-effective way for Toyota to offer the feature in a location that is already used by the customer. We are excited to partner with Toyota in bringing this technology to its North American market."

Founded in 1974, Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX) is an international company that provides high-quality products to the worldwide automotive industry and North American fire protection market. Based in Zeeland, Michigan, the Company develops, manufactures and markets interior and exterior automatic-dimming automotive rearview mirrors that utilize proprietary electrochromic technology to dim in proportion to the amount of headlight glare from trailing vehicle headlamps. Many of the mirrors are sold with advanced electronic features, and more than 96 percent of the Company's revenues are derived from the sale of auto-dimming mirrors to nearly every major automaker in the world.

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