An information providing system for vehicles includes: a first information
center; a second information center; and an on-vehicle apparatus. The
first information center includes a voice line to be used by an operator,
an information search device that executes a search for facility
information from a telephone directory data recording device, and a data
transmission device that transmits the facility information obtained
through the search executed by the information search device. The second
information center includes a position search device that executes a
search for position data corresponding to the facility information
transmitted from the first information center, from a position data
recording device, and a data line. The on-vehicle apparatus includes a
communication device that obtains the facility information provided as a
voice message from the first information center via the voice line and
obtains the position data from the second information center via the data
line.