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In a vehicular engine control apparatus, the engine is stopped upon fulfillment of a predetermined stopping condition even in the case where the shift position of the vehicle is a running position, and the engine is restarted afterwards upon fulfillment of a predetermined starting condition. The pre

In a vehicular engine control apparatus, the engine is stopped upon fulfillment of a predetermined stopping condition even in the case where the shift position of the vehicle is a running position, and the engine is restarted afterwards upon fulfillment of a predetermined starting condition. The predetermined starting condition is switched depending on whether the detected shift position is a running position or a non-running position. This reduces a sense of incongruity or unpleasantness caused to the driver in stopping and starting an engine during operation of a vehicle and thereby improves driveability of the vehicle.

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1. An engine control apparatus comprising:a shift position detector that detects a shift position of a vehicle in which the engine is installed; and a controller that stops the engine upon fulfillment of a stopping condition and that restarts the engine afterwards 1) upon fulfillment of a first star

1. An engine control apparatus comprising:a shift position detector that detects a shift position of a vehicle in which the engine is installed; and a controller that stops the engine upon fulfillment of a stopping condition and that restarts the engine afterwards 1) upon fulfillment of a first starting condition when the detected shift position is a running position and 2) upon fulfillment of a second starting condition when the detected shift position is a non-running position, wherein the first starting condition is established based on whether a power requirement exceeds a first starting determination threshold and the second starting condition is established based on whether the power requirement exceeds a second starting determination threshold, the first starting determination threshold is different from the second starting determination threshold so that the first starting condition makes it less likely to restart the engine than the second starting condition.