Patent ID: 7731629

Claim:
A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes a power source, and an automatic transmission connected to the power source, in which a gear is selected from among a plurality of gears with different gear ratios by selectively engaging a plurality of friction engagement elements, the control apparatus comprising: a torque-boost control portion that controls torque output from the power source so that the torque output from the power source increases to a first predetermined value during a torque phase when the automatic transmission upshifts; an engagement-pressure control portion that controls an engagement pressure for a friction engagement element to be engaged when the automatic transmission upshifts so that the engagement pressure increases to a standby pressure at which an inertia phase does not start on a condition that the torque output from the power source is equal to the first predetermined value, and then the engagement pressure is maintained at the standby pressure; and a first torque decrease control portion that controls the torque output from the power source so that the torque output from the power source gradually decreases from the first predetermined value after the engagement pressure for the friction engagement element is maintained at the standby pressure.