VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

A control device for a vehicle (1) including an internal combustion engine (10), drive wheels (30), and brake devices (40) includes an electronic control unit (60) configured to: execute braking force maintaining control for operating the brake devices; execute first or second idling control for converging an engine speed to a first or second target idling speed respectively; restart the engine and execute the second idling control (S24) when executing the braking force maintaining control (S23), while the vehicle is stopped; restart the engine and execute the first idling control (S25) without executing the braking force maintaining control (S23), while the vehicle is traveling; and execute engine speed control for setting the first target idling speed (NEB) higher than the second target idling speed (NEA), in a state where drive torque output from the engine is transmitted to the drive wheels.