A vehicle control device, - adapted - to control a vehicle, the vehicle including a continuously variable transmission provided between an engine and a driving wheel, an accelerator pedal, and a friction engagement element of a torque converter disposed in series with the continuously variable transmission, and - to disengage the friction engagement element of the torque converter when a rotation speed of the engine falls below a disengagement rotation speed, - comprising control means which is adapted to control a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission on the basis of an accelerator pedal opening of the underlying accelerator pedal and of a shifting map in which a first target input rotation speed of the continuously variable transmission is set higher than a second target input rotation speed of the continuously variable transmission, wherein the first target input rotation speed is a value to be set when the acceleration pedal opening is zero and the second target input rotation speed is a value to be set when the accelerator pedal opening is a predetermined opening larger than zero, - wherein the control means is configured to set a target input rotation speed of the continuously variable transmission to a third target input rotation speed which is higher than the second target input rotation speed to limit the target input rotation speed when an accelerator pedal operation is performed such that the accelerator pedal opening falls to the predetermined opening or less and an actual input rotation speed of the continuously variable transmission is determined to fall below the disengagement rotation speed which is set to be less than the second target input rotation speed. - adapted - to control a vehicle, the vehicle including a continuously variable transmission provided between an engine and a driving wheel, an accelerator pedal, and a friction engagement element of a torque converter disposed in series with the continuously variable transmission, and - to disengage the friction engagement element of the torque converter when a rotation speed of the engine falls below a disengagement rotation speed, - to control a vehicle, the vehicle including a continuously variable transmission provided between an engine and a driving wheel, an accelerator pedal, and a friction engagement element of a torque converter disposed in series with the continuously variable transmission, and - to disengage the friction engagement element of the torque converter when a rotation speed of the engine falls below a disengagement rotation speed, - comprising control means which is adapted to control a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission on the basis of an accelerator pedal opening of the underlying accelerator pedal and of a shifting map in which a first target input rotation speed of the continuously variable transmission is set higher than a second target input rotation speed of the continuously variable transmission, wherein the first target input rotation speed is a value to be set when the acceleration pedal opening is zero and the second target input rotation speed is a value to be set when the accelerator pedal opening is a predetermined opening larger than zero, - wherein the control means is configured to set a target input rotation speed of the continuously variable transmission to a third target input rotation speed which is higher than the second target input rotation speed to limit the target input rotation speed when an accelerator pedal operation is performed such that the accelerator pedal opening falls to the predetermined opening or less and an actual input rotation speed of the continuously variable transmission is determined to fall below the disengagement rotation speed which is set to be less than the second target input rotation speed.