A vehicle control apparatus including an automatic transmission which
changes a speed of rotation of an input shaft drivingly connected to a
driving source and outputs the rotation of the input shaft to an output
shaft, and a shift execution device that executes shifting of the
automatic transmission, including a shift control device that calculates a
predetermined target input shaft rotation number based on road information
and vehicle state information, and controls an input shaft rotation number
such that the input shaft rotation number becomes equal to the
predetermined target input shaft rotation number, by executing shifting of
the shift execution device; and a shifting speed setting device that sets
a shifting speed, when control based on the road information begins after
switching from control based on the vehicle state information by the shift
control device, to a predetermined shifting speed such that shifting is
executed rapidly, and sets the shifting speed, when shifting needs to be
executed during the control based on the road information by the shift
control device, such that the shifting speed is lower than the
predetermined shifting speed.
