Control apparatus for vehicle

A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes (i) drive wheels, (ii) an engine, (iii) a filter configured to collect particulate matters contained in exhaust gas of the engine, (iv) a fluid transmission device which is one of a torque converter and a fluid coupling and which is provided in a power transmission path between the engine and the drive wheels and (v) a direct clutch configured to connect between an input member and an output member of the fluid transmission device,

• the control apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
• execute a regeneration control for regenerating the filter, by controlling the engine in a manner that facilitates burning of the particulate matters collected in the filter,
• execute a release control for placing the direct clutch into a released state when the regeneration control is being executed,
• inhibit the release control when a power supply of the vehicle is in an ON state, in a case in which there is a history that the direct clutch has been placed into an engaged state after the power supply had been placed into the ON state, and
• inhibit the regeneration control when the release control is being inhibited.