Patent ID: 7912626

Claim:
A motor vehicle, comprising: an engine; an external setting unit configured to set an engine control amount; a control unit configured to store a basic control map having a preset engine control amount contained therein, the control unit is also configured to communicate with the external setting unit; an engine setting system configured to change the preset engine control amount by replacing the preset engine control amount with the engine control amount set by the external setting unit, wherein the engine control amount set by the external setting unit is reflected in the basic control map; an engine revolution detection unit connected to the control unit, wherein the engine control amount set by the external setting unit is reflected in the control map when a start preparing operation is detected, wherein the control unit determines an existence of a start preparing operation when an engine revolution number obtained from the engine revolution detection unit exceeds a predetermined value, and wherein the predetermined value is set to a revolution number that is higher than an idle revolution number.