Kia Sportage Curb Weight: 3,486 lbs to 3,618 lbs

Ranked on the lightest configuration of each nameplate, the Sportage is 16 of 98 in Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD, 575 lbs below the 3,948 lbs median and lighter than 82 of its peers.

At 58/42, the 3,486 lbs puts about 2,022 lbs on the front axle and 1,464 lbs on the rear — 558 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: 63.8 in of track at the front against 64.2 in at the rear, 0.4 in narrower in front.

The lightest 2015 record is 3,243 lbs; the lightest 2026 record is 3,486 lbs — 243 lbs heavier (7.5%).

At the top of the range the 2026 file reaches 3,618 lbs against 3,664 lbs in 2015, a 46 lbs reduction — driven by which configurations exist, not by the same truck gaining mass.

Every body style recorded in both drive layouts gains exactly 132 lbs moving from two-wheel to four-wheel drive — about 3.8% of the two-wheel-drive figure.