VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

To provide a vehicle control device which is capable of properly satisfying an acceleration request from a driver even when the driver performs a step-on operation of an accelerator pedal in the implementation of an ACC mode.SOLUTION: A vehicle control device is provided capable of: a front car follow-up travel mode, in which a driving force and a transmission ratio are controlled based on a first accelerator position (AP1) for an inter-vehicle distance to a preceding vehicle (100) to be a target inter-vehicle distance; and an override mode, in which the driving force and the transmission ratio are controlled based on a second accelerator position (AP2) determined by an operation of an accelerator operator (111) performed by a driver. Compared with a second transmission characteristic (255B) selected in the override mode, in a first transmission characteristic (255A) selected in the front car follow-up travel mode, a threshold of the accelerator position at which at least downshift of a transmission (TM) occurs is set to a higher value or an amount of change of the transmission ratio along with the downshift of the transmission (TM) is set to a lower value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】ＡＣＣモードの実施中に運転者がアクセルペダルの踏込操作を行った場合でも、運転者の加速要求を適切に満たすことができる車両の制御装置を提供する。【解決手段】先行車両（１００）との車間距離が目標車間距離となるような第１アクセル開度（ＡＰ１）に基づいて駆動力及び変速比の制御を行う前車追従走行モードと、運転者のアクセル操作子（１１１）の操作による第２アクセル開度（ＡＰ２）に基づいて駆動力及び変速比の制御を行うオーバーライドモードとが可能であり、前車追従走行モードにおいて選択される第１変速特性（２５５Ａ）は、オーバーライドモードにおいて選択される第２変速特性（２５５Ｂ）よりも、少なくとも変速機（ＴＭ）のシフトダウンが発生するアクセル開度の閾値が高い値に設定されているか、又は変速機（ＴＭ）のシフトダウンに伴う変速比の変化量が小さな値に設定されている。【選択図】図３