Patent ID: 8751125

Claim:
A vehicle control apparatus comprising: an accelerator-manipulated-amount detecting section configured to detect a manipulated amount of an accelerator by a driver; a braking-force generating section configured to generate a braking force of the vehicle; a driving-force generating section configured to generate a driving force of the vehicle; a control unit including a vehicle-body speed calculating section configured to calculate an actual vehicle-body speed of the vehicle, and an accelerator-manipulation variation-amount calculating section configured to calculate a variation amount of accelerator manipulation per unit time on the basis of the manipulated amount of accelerator detected by the accelerator-manipulated-amount detecting section, wherein the control unit is configured to perform a normal control mode which generates a driving force corresponding to the manipulated amount of accelerator, and to perform a speed control mode which calculates a target vehicle-body speed based on the variation amount of the accelerator manipulation and which controls the braking-force generating section and the driving-force generating section so as to bring the actual vehicle-body speed closer to the target vehicle-body speed; and a selecting switch configured to select between the normal control mode and the speed control mode, wherein the control unit is configured to control the vehicle by one selected between the normal control mode and the speed control mode by the selecting switch.