A vehicle control apparatus (100) that controls a vehicle (10) provided with a steering force applying device (200) capable of applying steering force to induce a change in a steering angle of a steered wheel to the steered wheel, includes a difference detecting device (100) that detects a positional difference that determines a relative positional relationship between a target running path to be maintained and the vehicle (10); a determining device (100) that determines a control amount of the steering force applying device (200) based on the detected positional difference; a controller (100) that maintains a running path of the vehicle on the target running path by controlling the steering force applying device (200) according to the determined control amount; a steering input detecting device (100) that detects a steering input to a steering input device by a driver; and a correcting device (100) that corrects a determining reference of the control amount of the steering force applying device (200) such that, when a steering input is detected while the running path is maintained on the target running path, this steering input is reflected.