A hybrid vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; an electrical storage device; an electric motor configured to be supplied with electric power from the electrical storage device to generate a running driving force; a communication device that is configured to acquire host vehicle position information on the hybrid vehicle; and at least one electronic control unit that is configured to (i) select one of a charge depleting mode and a charge sustaining mode, (ii) cause the hybrid vehicle to run while making a changeover between a first running mode and a second running mode in accordance with a running situation of the hybrid vehicle in each of the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode, the first running mode being a mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs using the electric motor with the internal combustion engine stopped, and the second running mode being a mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs with the internal combustion engine in operation, (iii) change driving force characteristics of the hybrid vehicle such that a driving torque of the hybrid vehicle for a given vehicle speed and a given accelerator opening degree becomes larger, when the charge depleting mode is selected, than the driving torque for the same given vehicle speed and the same given accelerator opening degree when the charge sustaining mode is selected, and (iv) change the driving force characteristics in accordance with a mode changeover between the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode, characterized in that said mode changeover is performed such that a time for a change from the driving torque before the mode changeover to the driving torque after the mode changeover, when the mode changeover is made based on the host vehicle position information, becomes longer than a time for a change from the driving torque before the mode changeover to the driving torque after the mode changeover, when the mode changeover is made in accordance with a selection made by a user or a state of charge of the electrical storage device. an internal combustion engine; an electrical storage device; an electric motor configured to be supplied with electric power from the electrical storage device to generate a running driving force; a communication device that is configured to acquire host vehicle position information on the hybrid vehicle; and at least one electronic control unit that is configured to (i) select one of a charge depleting mode and a charge sustaining mode, (ii) cause the hybrid vehicle to run while making a changeover between a first running mode and a second running mode in accordance with a running situation of the hybrid vehicle in each of the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode, the first running mode being a mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs using the electric motor with the internal combustion engine stopped, and the second running mode being a mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs with the internal combustion engine in operation, (iii) change driving force characteristics of the hybrid vehicle such that a driving torque of the hybrid vehicle for a given vehicle speed and a given accelerator opening degree becomes larger, when the charge depleting mode is selected, than the driving torque for the same given vehicle speed and the same given accelerator opening degree when the charge sustaining mode is selected, and (iv) change the driving force characteristics in accordance with a mode changeover between the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode, (i) select one of a charge depleting mode and a charge sustaining mode, (ii) cause the hybrid vehicle to run while making a changeover between a first running mode and a second running mode in accordance with a running situation of the hybrid vehicle in each of the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode, the first running mode being a mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs using the electric motor with the internal combustion engine stopped, and the second running mode being a mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs with the internal combustion engine in operation, (iii) change driving force characteristics of the hybrid vehicle such that a driving torque of the hybrid vehicle for a given vehicle speed and a given accelerator opening degree becomes larger, when the charge depleting mode is selected, than the driving torque for the same given vehicle speed and the same given accelerator opening degree when the charge sustaining mode is selected, and (iv) change the driving force characteristics in accordance with a mode changeover between the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode,