CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE

A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes an engine, an electric motor and a clutch provided between the engine and the electric motor. An engine-start delay control is executed in a case in which a requested drive amount is realized by only a torque of the electric motor and a first starting manner is being selected as an engine starting manner. Then, in a case in which a predetermined time elapses from initiation of the engine-start delay control, the engine-start delay control is terminated and the engine is started in the first starting manner. On the other hand, in a case in which the engine starting manner is switched from the first starting manner to a second starting manner before the predetermined time elapses from the initiation of the engine-start delay control, the engine-start delay control is terminated and the engine is started in the second starting manner.