Shifting apparatus for vehicle

A shifting apparatus for a vehicle comprising:

• a lever position guide that is provided inside a gear lever box at which a gear lever is located, and has a reference position at which the gear lever box is located and multiple gear positions connected to the reference position so as to allow a movement of the gear lever;
• an elastic part that is engaged to the gear lever and the gear lever box and is configured to return the gear lever to the reference position when the gear lever deviates from the reference position and thus is located at any one of the multiple gear positions;
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• a controller that shifts a gear range according to a preset shifting order when the gear lever moves between the reference position and the multiple gear positions, and shifts the gear range to a preset gear range when the gear lever is located at any one of the multiple gear positions for a longer time than a setting time.