Patent ID: 8141341

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine having a fuel injection unit that injects fuel and a purifying catalyst that purifies exhaust gas; a vehicle speed measurement unit that measures a vehicle speed; a catalyst deterioration reducing control module configured to execute a catalyst deterioration reducing control that operates the internal combustion engine while prohibiting a cutoff of fuel injection of the fuel injection unit upon a satisfaction of a catalyst deterioration acceleration condition that accelerates deterioration of the purifying catalyst; and a catalyst smell reducing control module configured to execute a catalyst smell reducing control that operates the internal combustion engine while making the fuel injection unit perform the cutoff of fuel injection when the measured vehicle speed becomes less than a specific vehicle speed upon a satisfaction of a catalyst smelling condition that makes the purifying catalyst smell, and the catalyst smell reducing control module configured not to execute the catalyst smell reducing control regardless of the satisfaction of the catalyst smelling condition when the measured vehicle speed becomes less than the specific vehicle speed while the catalyst deterioration reducing control is being executed.