Patent ID: 8335621

Claim:
A vehicle control apparatus equipped with an engine and an automatic transmission comprising: a fuel cut control means that stops fuel injection into the engine on condition that the vehicle is decelerating and engine revolutions are not less than fuel cut reset revolutions, and resumes fuel injection into the engine when the engine revolutions have decreased to the fuel cut reset revolutions; and downshift control means that executes downshifting of the automatic transmission during fuel cut control by the fuel cut control means; and wherein the fuel cut reset revolutions are lowered when executing downshift control during the fuel cut control and when the engine revolutions have decreased to the fuel cut reset revolutions when executing the downshift control during the fuel cut control, a gearshift point for next downshift control during the fuel cut control is changed to a higher vehicle speed side, and the fuel cut control is maintained in the next downshift control during the fuel cut control.