This vehicle control apparatus reduces operation burden on a driver while ensuring an ability to travel steep-sloped roads, etc. The vehicle control apparatus 20 is provided with a vehicle body speed deriving portion 23 that derives a vehicle body speed of a vehicle M, a wheel speed difference deriving portion 28 that derives a wheel speed difference which is a deviation between the maximum wheel speed and the minimum wheel speed of the wheels of the vehicle M, a request drive amount deriving portion 24 that derives a request drive amount for the drive source of the vehicle M, a torque suppressing device 16 that suppresses torque of a driving wheel, a traction control portion 31 that controls the torque suppressing device 16 and suppresses an acceleration slip of the driving wheel on the basis of a target slip ratio, the target slip ratio being a target value of a slip ratio which is a ratio of the acceleration slip of the driving wheel to the vehicle body speed and a target slip ratio setting portion 29 that sets the target slip ratio on the basis of at least one of the wheel speed difference, the vehicle body speed, and the request drive amount, or a combination thereof.