A damping force control apparatus with adjustable shock absorbers is
disclosed. An electronic control unit calculates estimated roll angle and
estimated pitch angle of a vehicle body based on detected sprung
accelerations, calculates a target pitch angle from the estimated roll
angle, and determines target damping force required for front-wheel-side
shock absorbers such that the stimulated pitch angle coincides with the
target pitch angle; calculates rear-wheel-side jack-up force exerted on
the rear-wheel-side vehicle body based on detected vehicle speed detected
yaw rate and detected lateral acceleration, and determines the force in
the direction for overcoming the calculated jack-up force as target
damping force of rear-wheel-side shock absorbers; and controls the
operation of each actuator based on the rear-wheel-side and
front-wheel-side target damping forces.