VEHICLE NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM

A vehicle navigation apparatus includes an apparatus-side map storage, a driver characteristic information storage, a communicator, a route searching unit, and a coincidence determination unit. The communicator transmits driving operation characteristic information of a driver to a mobile terminal, and receives, from the mobile terminal, recommended route information retrieved based on the driving operation characteristic information of the driver. The route searching unit executes searching for route information, based on apparatus-side map information. The coincidence determination unit determines a coincidence between the recommended route information retrieved based on the driving operation characteristic information of the driver and the route information based on the apparatus-side map information. The route searching unit executes re-searching for route information, when the coincidence determination unit determines that the coincidence is less than a predetermined coincidence.