Vehicle control apparatus

A control device for a vehicle, comprising:

• an electronic control unit (ECU), wherein, at a time of simultaneous operation of an accelerator and a brake, the ECU is configured to control an engine to make a required accelerator operation amount used for controlling a drive force smaller than an actual accelerator operation amount,
• wherein when the simultaneous operation is canceled along with maintaining the accelerator operation and cancelling the braking operation, the ECU is configured to implement a return of the required accelerator operation amount to the actual accelerator operation amount firstly by implementing a specified amount of increase in the required accelerator operation amount at the time of starting the return of the required accelerator operation amount, and secondly by gradually increasing the required accelerator operation amount.