When switching back to normal travel from coasting in which the engine has been disengaged from the wheels, this vehicle travel control device makes it less likely to dissatisfy the user by responsiveness before the start of drive force generation and by acceleration performance after the start of drive force generation. By changing, on the basis of the state of the engine (14) during coasting, the gear ratio e of an automatic transmission (16) when switching back to normal travel, in free-run coasting, this vehicle travel control device prioritize the time until the engine speed Ne has been synchronized (in other words, the responsiveness until the start of drive force generation) and switches back to normal travel at a high vehicle speed gear ratio; in neutral coasting, this vehicle travel control device prioritizes the absolute value of the drive force generable after switching back from coasting (in other words, the acceleration performance after the start of drive force generation) and switches back to normal travel at a low vehicle speed gear ratio.