Patent ID: 8380395

Claim:
A vehicle control apparatus comprising: a road wheel speed detecting section configured to detect road wheel speeds of respective road wheels of a vehicle; a vehicle body speed detecting section configured to detect a vehicle body speed; a slip ratio calculating section configured to calculate slip ratios which are ratios of the respective road wheel speeds with respect to the vehicle body speed; an anti-skid brake control section configured to control wheel cylinder fluid pressures for respective wheel cylinders such that the slip ratios fall within a predetermined range; a wheel cylinder fluid pressure acquiring section configured to acquire the wheel cylinder fluid pressures; damping force variable shock absorbers disposed between the respective road wheels and the vehicle body, the damping force variable shock absorbers being constructed to variably adjust respective damping force characteristics thereof; and a damping force variable shock absorber control section configured to set the damping force characteristics in accordance with the acquired wheel cylinder fluid pressures.