A vehicular control apparatus, comprising: a vehicle (1,101); a switched reluctance motor having a rotor with plural salient poles, each of which is constructed of a magnetic body and provided on an outer circumferential surface of a rotor main body, and a stator and mounted as a travel drive source in said vehicle (1, 101); an electronic control unit configured to execute current control of the switched reluctance motor, the electronic control unit being configured to: (i) execute a first current control, the first current control causing the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction from a rotational direction in which the vehicle (1, 101) is intended to start, when the vehicle (1, 101) is not started by the maximum output torque of the switched reluctance motor under a normal current control; and (ii) execute a second current control for causing the rotor to rotate in the rotational direction in which the vehicle (1, 101) is intended to start after the rotor rotates in the reverse direction during the first current control to a rotation position at which torque for enabling a start of the vehicle (1, 101) can be output, characterized in that the electronic control unit is configured to prioritize execution of the second current control over execution of the first current control when the vehicle (1, 101) is not started by the maximum torque that can be output under the normal current control, the second current control causing the switched reluctance motor to temporarily output torque that is in the rotational direction for starting the vehicle, the torque being higher than the maximum torque that can be output under the normal current control, wherein the current value under the second current control is always greater than the current value of the normal current control. a vehicle (1,101); a switched reluctance motor having a rotor with plural salient poles, each of which is constructed of a magnetic body and provided on an outer circumferential surface of a rotor main body, and a stator and mounted as a travel drive source in said vehicle (1, 101); an electronic control unit configured to execute current control of the switched reluctance motor, the electronic control unit being configured to: (i) execute a first current control, the first current control causing the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction from a rotational direction in which the vehicle (1, 101) is intended to start, when the vehicle (1, 101) is not started by the maximum output torque of the switched reluctance motor under a normal current control; and (ii) execute a second current control for causing the rotor to rotate in the rotational direction in which the vehicle (1, 101) is intended to start after the rotor rotates in the reverse direction during the first current control to a rotation position at which torque for enabling a start of the vehicle (1, 101) can be output, characterized in that (i) execute a first current control, the first current control causing the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction from a rotational direction in which the vehicle (1, 101) is intended to start, when the vehicle (1, 101) is not started by the maximum output torque of the switched reluctance motor under a normal current control; and (ii) execute a second current control for causing the rotor to rotate in the rotational direction in which the vehicle (1, 101) is intended to start after the rotor rotates in the reverse direction during the first current control to a rotation position at which torque for enabling a start of the vehicle (1, 101) can be output, characterized in that the electronic control unit is configured to prioritize execution of the second current control over execution of the first current control when the vehicle (1, 101) is not started by the maximum torque that can be output under the normal current control, the second current control causing the switched reluctance motor to temporarily output torque that is in the rotational direction for starting the vehicle, the torque being higher than the maximum torque that can be output under the normal current control, wherein the current value under the second current control is always greater than the current value of the normal current control.