A vehicle control apparatus generates an appropriate driving force according to the will of a driver when an internal combustion engine is restarted from a condition in which the idling of the engine is being stopped. In a condition in which the idling of an internal combustion engine 11 is being stopped, in the event that the depressing amount of a brake pedal by the driver is relatively large, an ECU (20) selects a relatively low-speed side gear of a transmission (15) so as to connect an input shaft (15A) and an output shaft (15B) together, and in contrast, in the event that the depressing amount of the brake pedal by the driver is relatively small, the ECU (20) selects a relatively high-speed side gear of the transmission (15) so as to connect the input shaft (15A) and the output shaft (15B) together.