Mazda CX-5 Curb Weight: 3,851 lbs

The lightest 2015 record is 3,199 lbs; the lightest 2026 record is 3,851 lbs — 652 lbs heavier (20.4%).

At the top of the range the 2026 file reaches 3,851 lbs against 3,536 lbs in 2015, a 315 lbs increase — driven by which configurations exist, not by the same truck gaining mass.

At 58/42, the 3,851 lbs puts about 2,234 lbs on the front axle and 1,617 lbs on the rear — 617 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: 63.4 in of track at the front against 64.2 in at the rear, 0.8 in narrower in front.

Ranked on the lightest configuration of each nameplate, the CX-5 is 30 of 98 in Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD, 275 lbs below the 3,948 lbs median and lighter than 68 of its peers.

The published 15.3-gallon tank holds about 93 lbs of gasoline at 6.1 lb per gallon, and curb weight is measured with it full. Run it to empty and the 4dr SUV is effectively a 3,758 lbs vehicle — 2.4% of the figure quoted above is fuel you will burn off.

With a With hitch configuration, the 2026 CX-5 is rated to pull 2,000 lbs — 0.5 times the 3,851 lbs the heaviest recorded truck weighs by itself, and 0.5 times the 3,851 lbs of the lightest.

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