Toyota RAV4 Curb Weight: 3,746 lbs to 3,885 lbs

Ranked on the lightest configuration of each nameplate, the RAV4 is 15 of 98 in Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD, 579 lbs below the 3,948 lbs median and lighter than 83 of its peers.

At 57/43, the 3,746 lbs puts about 2,135 lbs on the front axle and 1,611 lbs on the rear — 524 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: 63.0 in of track at the front against 63.8 in at the rear, 0.8 in narrower in front.

The lightest 2015 record is 3,406 lbs; the lightest 2026 record is 3,746 lbs — 340 lbs heavier (10.0%).

At the top of the range the 2026 file reaches 3,885 lbs against 3,560 lbs in 2015, a 325 lbs increase — driven by which configurations exist, not by the same truck gaining mass.

The published 14.5-gallon tank holds about 88 lbs of gasoline at 6.1 lb per gallon, and curb weight is measured with it full. Run it to empty and the Woodland 4dr SUV is effectively a 3,797 lbs vehicle — 2.3% of the figure quoted above is fuel you will burn off.

With a Adventure / TRD Off-Road AWD configuration, the 2026 RAV4 is rated to pull 3,500 lbs — 0.9 times the 3,885 lbs the heaviest recorded truck weighs by itself, and 0.9 times the 3,746 lbs of the lightest.

That rating belongs to the Adventure / TRD Off-Road AWD build, not to every truck on this page: a Woodland 4dr SUV starts 139 lbs deeper into the combined rating than a Le 4dr SUV before a trailer is coupled.