VEHICLE CONTROLLER

摘要

A vehicle controller controls the gear change of a transmission (4) by utilizing road information stored in a navigation system device. Since the vehicle controller is constituted so that the controller can set the upper limit value of the change gear ratio of the transmission (4) in order to control the changeable range of the change gear ratio in accordance with the road information stored in a data storing section (12) and can allow the change of the change gear ratio within the controlled range and, at the same time, can shift down the gear when the driver of its own vehicle performs speed reducing operations, such as releasing of the accelerator, the controller can control the change gear ratio in accordance with the intention of the driver and the road condition.