Patent ID: 7917272

Claim:
A deceleration control apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising: a deceleration controlling section configured to set a target vehicle speed in accordance with a turning travel situation of the vehicle in order for a vehicle speed to become equal to the target vehicle speed, and configured to perform a deceleration control, wherein a deceleration required in the deceleration control is obtained through a control of a braking fluid pressure for wheel cylinders of respective road wheels; a throttle opening angle controlling section configured to control an engine throttle opening angle; and an accelerator manipulated variable detecting section configured to detect an accelerator manipulated variable by a vehicle driver, wherein the throttle opening angle controlling section is configured to control the throttle opening angle such that the throttle opening angle is decrementally reduced by a predetermined quantity in a closure direction when starting the deceleration control by the deceleration controlling section, the predetermined quantity being an amount which does not give an unpleasant feeling to a vehicular occupant; wherein the throttle opening angle controlling section is configured to control the throttle opening angle such that the throttle opening angle is recovered to a throttle opening angle corresponding to the accelerator manipulated variable detected by the accelerator manipulated variable detecting section at a variation degree when the brake fluid pressure control by the deceleration controlling section is ended, wherein the variation degree corresponds to a variation quantity of the target vehicle speed, wherein the variation degree becomes larger as the variation quantity of the target vehicle speed becomes larger.