The present invention relates to a vehicle control device provided in a vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle. A vehicle control device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a processor to autonomously run a vehicle using driving information that the vehicle has traveled in a manual driving mode, wherein the driving information includes a start place where the manual driving mode is started, an end place where the manual driving mode is ended, and a travel route from the start place to the end place, wherein the processor autonomously runs the vehicle along the travel route from the start place to the end place when the vehicle has moved up to the start place through manual driving.