A vehicle global positioning system (10) includes a mirror assembly (14) having a reflective element (26) and a housing (15) for the reflective element (26) that is electrically non-conducting. The system further includes a global positioning system receiver and a control module (22) and at least one receiving antenna (18). The vehicle global positioning system (10) is adapted to receive earth satellite signals with the receiving antenna (18) and to convert the signal to location, velocity and/or time parameters. The vehicle global positioning system (10) includes a plurality of global positioning system receiving antenna, such as one located in the vehicle's driver side exterior mirror and the other located in the vehicle's passenger side exterior mirror.