Patent ID: 8021268

Claim:
A control apparatus for a vehicle provided with an automatic transmission which has an automatic shift mode in which a gear is selected according to a running state and a manual shift mode in which a gear is selected according to a manual operation, and which transmits driving force generated by an internal combustion engine, comprising: a high load state determining unit that determines whether the vehicle is in a high load state; a braking force required determining unit that determines whether engine braking force from the internal combustion engine is required; differential braking force calculating unit that calculates differential braking force which is the difference between engine braking force generated when running in a gear selected according to the manual operation and engine braking force generated when running in a gear selected according to the running state; a brake device that brakes the vehicle; and a controller which controls the automatic transmission to execute an upshift and controls the brake device to generate the differential braking force calculated by the differential braking force calculating unit when i) it is determined by the high load state determining unit that the vehicle is in the high load state and ii) it is determined by the braking force required determining unit that the engine braking force is required, while the automatic transmission is in the manual shift mode.