"Weight" and the gross vehicle weight rating are completely different things! The GVWR is how much weight the vehicle is designed (and in many cases legally all

"Weight" and the gross vehicle weight rating are completely different things! The GVWR is how much weight the vehicle is designed (and in many cases legally allowed) to carry, including itself. People don't really think about it for regular passenger cars since you'd have to stuff them to the brim with lead to get it over GVWR, but it matters for cargo-hauling vehicles like vans and trucks, or when you tow; in those cases it's easy to go over. When towing, there's a separate weight rating called the gross combined weight rating (GCWR), which is the GVWR of the tow vehicle plus the GVWR of the trailer.