Vehicular control apparatus and control method

摘要

The invention provides a control apparatus and a control method 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. The control apparatus and control method determine whether the vehicle is in a high load state; determine whether engine braking force from the internal combustion engine is required; calculate 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; and control the automatic transmission to execute an upshift and perform control to generate the calculated differential braking force when it is determined that i) the vehicle is in the high load state and ii) the engine braking force is required, while the automatic transmission is in the manual shift mode.