KICKDOWN CONTROL DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kickdown control device capable of improving the ease of operation of a vehicle in a kickdown operation in a vehicle with a high power drive source. SOLUTION: When it is determined that a kickdown operation should be performed by a kickdown decision means 12 on the basis of an accelerator pedal aperture APAT detected by an accelerator pedal aperture sensor 102 and a vehicle speed Nv detected by a vehicle speed sensor 103, a shift control means 15 controls an automatic transmission 2 so as to perform downshift from a currently set gear level (shift level) to a target gear level while a prescribed time is measured by a timer 13, and an output restriction means 16 restricts the output torque of an engine 1 to be decreased only by prescribed torque (restriction torque). After the lapse of the prescribed time, the output restricting means 16 gradually increases the output torque decreased only by the restriction torque to the target torque. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT