VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD

A vehicle control device is configured to execute travel control of controlling a vehicle such that a travel speed of the vehicle is a target speed corresponding to an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the vehicle, or a predetermined target speed set by a driver of the vehicle, and acceleration limit control of limiting acceleration of the vehicle by the travel control. The vehicle control device includes a controller configured to execute the acceleration limit control when an intention to turn right or left of the driver is detected in the vehicle traveling under the travel control, and to end the acceleration limit control in response to a decrease in a steering speed in the vehicle during the acceleration limit control.