Controller for vehicle

A controller for vehicle, comprising:

• a paddle shifter provided in a steering apparatus of the vehicle, the paddle shifter being capable of changing deceleration of the vehicle and a shift characteristic of the vehicle,
• the paddle shifter including a pair of operation portions that decrease or increase the deceleration relative to current deceleration in response to an operation of a driver, wherein the shift characteristic of the vehicle is set to a fixed shift mode based on the operation of the driver in response to an operation of one of the operation portions,
• the shift characteristic of the vehicle is set to an automatic shift mode based on a running condition of the vehicle in response to an operation of another of the operation portions, and
• when the one operation portion of the pair of operation portions remains in an ON state for a predetermined period of time, a change in the shift characteristic of the vehicle based on the other operation portion is activated.