A control apparatus in a vehicle comprising a manual transmission, the manual transmission being configured to transmit a drive force from a traveling drive source to drive wheels and allowing any one of a plurality of shift stages to be selected through a manual shift manipulation of a driver, the control apparatus being configured to determine a shift stage selected and change output characteristics of the traveling drive source in accordance with a result of the determination, wherein, when the vehicle travels in a state where transmission of the drive force from the traveling drive source to the drive wheels is blocked, the output characteristic of the traveling drive source is set to an output characteristic on a lower shift stage side as a vehicle speed is lower, a plurality of shift stage corresponding characteristics to set the output characteristic of the traveling drive source in accordance with each shift stage are stored, when the vehicle travels in the state where the transmission of the drive force from the traveling drive source to the drive wheels is blocked, a shift stage corresponding characteristic to be selected out of the plurality of shift stage corresponding characteristics is switched to a shift stage to set a lower output characteristic of the traveling drive source as the vehicle speed is lower, said control apparatus being characterized in that a shift stage corresponding characteristic changed vehicle speed serving as a threshold value to switch to a shift stage corresponding characteristic on a side where the output characteristic of the traveling drive source is set lower as the vehicle speed is lower is set for each shift stage corresponding characteristic, except for a shift stage corresponding characteristic by which the output characteristic of the traveling drive source is set lowest, out of the plurality of shift stage corresponding characteristics, and when the vehicle travels in the state where the transmission of the drive force from the traveling drive source to the drive wheels is blocked, every time an actual vehicle speed is reduced to the shift stage corresponding characteristic changed vehicle speed set for a current shift stage corresponding characteristic, the shift stage corresponding characteristic is switched to a shift stage corresponding characteristic on the side where the output characteristic of the traveling drive source is set low. wherein, when the vehicle travels in a state where transmission of the drive force from the traveling drive source to the drive wheels is blocked, the output characteristic of the traveling drive source is set to an output characteristic on a lower shift stage side as a vehicle speed is lower, a plurality of shift stage corresponding characteristics to set the output characteristic of the traveling drive source in accordance with each shift stage are stored, when the vehicle travels in the state where the transmission of the drive force from the traveling drive source to the drive wheels is blocked, a shift stage corresponding characteristic to be selected out of the plurality of shift stage corresponding characteristics is switched to a shift stage to set a lower output characteristic of the traveling drive source as the vehicle speed is lower, said control apparatus being characterized in that a shift stage corresponding characteristic changed vehicle speed serving as a threshold value to switch to a shift stage corresponding characteristic on a side where the output characteristic of the traveling drive source is set lower as the vehicle speed is lower is set for each shift stage corresponding characteristic, except for a shift stage corresponding characteristic by which the output characteristic of the traveling drive source is set lowest, out of the plurality of shift stage corresponding characteristics, and when the vehicle travels in the state where the transmission of the drive force from the traveling drive source to the drive wheels is blocked, every time an actual vehicle speed is reduced to the shift stage corresponding characteristic changed vehicle speed set for a current shift stage corresponding characteristic, the shift stage corresponding characteristic is switched to a shift stage corresponding characteristic on the side where the output characteristic of the traveling drive source is set low.