SPEED CHANGE RATIO CONTROLLER FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION

In a vehicle provided with a continuously variable transmission, when a target speed change ratio sharply decreases due to the release of an accelerator pedal from depression, a real speed change ratio of the continuously variable transmission which follows the target speed change ratio may undershoot the target speed change ratio. Due to this undershoot, the engine rotation speed may temporarily fall below a permitted level. Therefore, the variation rate of the speed change ratio of the transmission is decreased in the terminal phase of the shifting process of the speed change ratio.