A
vehicle control device (50) for a vehicle with an
internal combustion engine (12, 202) used as a power source and an
automatic transmission (14, 16, 204), wherein the
vehicle control device (50) performs a first
driving mode in which shift control of the
automatic transmission (14, 16, 204) and drive force control are provided in accordance with acceleration / deceleration by the driver, and a second
driving mode in which shift control and drive force control are provided without acceleration / deceleration by the driver, while a target driving condition is set, wherein it has: a control section (66) for driving on an inclined road, which is configured to control the
automatic transmission (14, 16, 204) in such a way that an
internal combustion engine speed is maintained high during driving on an inclined road on at least one of the roads uphill road and downhill road compared to driving on a flat road, characterized in that the control section (66) for driving on an inclined road limits the increase in the
combustion engine speed in the second
driving mode compared to the first driving mode, The second driving mode includes a following driving mode in which a target drive force is calculated to enable following a preceding vehicle, and the target drive force is used as the target driving condition, while the
steering angle is specified by the driver, and an automatic drive driving mode in which the target driving condition is set based on road information for automatic acceleration / deceleration, and the
steering angle is automatically controlled based on the driving
route, and The control section for driving on an inclined road makes the increase in the
combustion engine speed in the following driving mode smaller than in the first driving mode, and makes the increase in the
combustion engine speed in the automatic drive driving mode smaller than in the following driving mode.