Control apparatus for vehicle

A control apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle having an engine, an automatic transmission including a torque converter and a continuously variable transmission, and a tachometer that displays a value based on an actual number of rotations of the engine, the control apparatus comprising:

• a controller and a storage storing a program that causes the controller to:
• determine whether or not a start condition is established, the start condition including when the torque converter is in a lockup state, and when the vehicle is in an accelerating state;
• and
• cause an acting number of rotations to be displayed on the tachometer instead of the actual number of rotations when it is determined by the determination unit that the start condition is established,
• wherein the causing step calculates the acting number of rotations based on a target value of an input number of rotations of the continuously variable transmission, and varies the acting number of rotations with a rate of change having an absolute value that is greater than an absolute value of a rate of change of the actual number of rotations upon an abrupt change in the target value.