A controller (20), when switching from a travel mode in which a vehicle
travels with an engine clutch (EC) disengaged to a travel mode in which
the vehicle travels with the engine clutch (EC) engaged, performs a
preparatory speed change to reduce a rotation speed differential in the
engine clutch (EC), engages the engine clutch (EC) when the rotation
speed differential in the engine clutch (EC) is reduced, and then
performs a completion speed change until a speed ratio required in the
post-switching travel mode is obtained. The upper limit value of a
shifting speed during at least one of the preparatory speed change and
the completion speed change is set to a different value to the upper
limit value of the shifting speed when a speed change is performed during
traveling in the same travel mode.