Volkswagen Atlas Curb Weight: 4,442 lbs to 4,594 lbs

Ranked on the lightest configuration of each nameplate, the Atlas is 86 of 98 in Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD, 494 lbs above the 3,948 lbs median and lighter than 12 of its peers.

With a With factory towing package configuration, the 2027 Atlas is rated to pull 5,000 lbs — 1.1 times the 4,594 lbs the heaviest recorded truck weighs by itself, and 1.1 times the 4,442 lbs of the lightest.

That rating belongs to the With factory towing package build, not to every truck on this page: a Sport Cross 4dr SUV 4MOTION 3.6L starts 152 lbs deeper into the combined rating than a Sport Cross 4dr SUV 4MOTION 2.0L before a trailer is coupled.

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

The published 18.6-gallon tank holds about 113 lbs of gasoline at 6.1 lb per gallon, and curb weight is measured with it full. Run it to empty and the Sport Cross 4dr SUV 4MOTION 3.6L is effectively a 4,481 lbs vehicle — 2.5% of the figure quoted above is fuel you will burn off.

The lightest 2018 record is 4,334 lbs; the lightest 2026 record is 4,442 lbs — 108 lbs heavier (2.5%).

At the top of the range the 2026 file reaches 4,594 lbs against 4,502 lbs in 2018, a 92 lbs increase — driven by which configurations exist, not by the same truck gaining mass.