Chevrolet Traverse Curb Weight: 4,793 lbs

Ranked on the lightest configuration of each nameplate, the Traverse is 10 of 81 in Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD, 677 lbs below the 5,038 lbs median and lighter than 71 of its peers.

At 56/44, the 4,793 lbs puts about 2,684 lbs on the front axle and 2,109 lbs on the rear — 575 lbs more over the front wheels, which is what front tires and front brake pads wear against first.

With a AWD with Trailering Package configuration, the 2027 Traverse is rated to pull 5,000 lbs — 1.0 times the 4,793 lbs the heaviest recorded truck weighs by itself, and 1.0 times the 4,793 lbs of the lightest.

That rating belongs to the AWD with Trailering Package build, not to every truck on this page: a Z71 4dr SUV starts 0 lbs deeper into the combined rating than a Z71 4dr SUV before a trailer is coupled.

The towing figure on file is for 2027; the weights above are 2026 records.

The lightest 2015 record is 4,645 lbs; the lightest 2026 record is 4,793 lbs — 148 lbs heavier (3.2%).

At the top of the range the 2026 file reaches 4,793 lbs against 4,844 lbs in 2015, a 51 lbs reduction — driven by which configurations exist, not by the same truck gaining mass.

The published 22.4-gallon tank holds about 137 lbs of gasoline at 6.1 lb per gallon, and curb weight is measured with it full. Run it to empty and the Z71 4dr SUV is effectively a 4,656 lbs vehicle — 2.9% of the figure quoted above is fuel you will burn off.