Buick Encore Curb Weight: 3,025 lbs to 3,256 lbs

Ranked on the lightest configuration of each nameplate, the Encore is 5 of 98 in Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD, 923 lbs below the 3,948 lbs median and lighter than 93 of its peers.

At 61/39, the 3,025 lbs puts about 1,845 lbs on the front axle and 1,180 lbs on the rear — 665 lbs more over the front wheels, which is what front tires and front brake pads wear against first.

The two axles are not the same width either: 61.0 in of track at the front against 61.8 in at the rear, 0.8 in narrower in front.

Every body style recorded in both drive layouts gains exactly 231 lbs moving from two-wheel to four-wheel drive — about 7.7% of the two-wheel-drive figure.

The lightest 2015 record is 3,236 lbs; the lightest 2026 record is 3,025 lbs — 211 lbs lighter (6.5%).

At the top of the range the 2026 file reaches 3,256 lbs against 3,358 lbs in 2015, a 102 lbs reduction — driven by which configurations exist, not by the same truck gaining mass.