VEHICULAR DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE

Disclosed is a vehicular drive control device that automatically starts follow-up control while a driver presses an accelerator pedal down, and when the driver further presses the accelerator pedal down, cancels the follow-up control. When a variation in manipulation of the accelerator pedal is kept within a predetermined range for predetermined time duration or longer, switchover is performed from normal control to follow-up control so as to start automatic control to keep a following distance with a leading vehicle at a predetermined distance. When the variation increases by a predetermined value or more, control mode is returned from follow-up control to normal control, and a manipulation reaction force is generated in accordance with an instruction value from the accelerator manipulation reaction force operation unit. When switchover is carried out from follow-up control to normal control, a torque instruction value from the follow-up control unit is switched to a torque instruction value from the normal control unit with a predetermined gradient.