Toyota Highlander Curb Weight: 4,123 lbs to 4,553 lbs

With a V6 / Hybrid Max with Tow Package configuration, the 2026 Highlander is rated to pull 5,000 lbs — 1.1 times the 4,553 lbs the heaviest recorded truck weighs by itself, and 1.2 times the 4,123 lbs of the lightest.

That rating belongs to the V6 / Hybrid Max with Tow Package build, not to every truck on this page: a 4dr SUV Limited Hybrid AWD starts 430 lbs deeper into the combined rating than a 4dr SUV L FWD before a trailer is coupled.

The lightest 2015 record is 4,244 lbs; the lightest 2026 record is 4,123 lbs — 121 lbs lighter (2.9%).

At the top of the range the 2026 file reaches 4,553 lbs against 4,784 lbs in 2015, a 231 lbs reduction — driven by which configurations exist, not by the same truck gaining mass.

Ranked on the lightest configuration of each nameplate, the Highlander is 63 of 98 in Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD, 175 lbs above the 3,948 lbs median and lighter than 35 of its peers.

Identical body, 143 lbs apart: the 4dr SUV Le/xle Hybrid AWD records 4,442 lbs against 4,299 lbs for the 4dr SUV Le/xle AWD, a 3.3% increase carried by the battery, the second motor and the heavier transmission case.

The best EPA combined figure on the hybrid is 35 mpg against 24 mpg on the best conventional engine — 143 lbs of extra hardware for 11 mpg, or about 13 lbs per mpg gained.

The published 17.9-gallon tank holds about 109 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 Limited Hybrid AWD is effectively a 4,444 lbs vehicle — 2.4% of the figure quoted above is fuel you will burn off.