Vehicle control device

A vehicle control device for a vehicle including an engine used as a power source and an automatic transmission,

• the vehicle being a hybrid vehicle further including an electric motor as the power source,
• the vehicle control device performing a motor running mode performed by using the electric motor while the engine is stopped and an engine running mode performed by using the power of the engine,
• the vehicle control device performing a first running mode in which a shift control of the automatic transmission and a drive force control are provided according to a driver's acceleration/deceleration operation and a second running mode in which the shift control and the drive force control are provided without the acceleration/deceleration operation while a target running state is set, comprising:
• a slope-road running control portion configured to control the automatic transmission such that an engine rotation speed is kept high during slope-road running on at least one of an uphill road and a downhill road as compared to flat-road running,
• the slope-road running control portion limiting an increase amount of the engine rotation speed in the second running mode as compared to the first running mode.