Gross weightkg
Gross weight is the maximum legal loaded mass of the vehicle. It matters only when it survives real use: people inside, bags in the boot, cables stored somewhere, doors opening wide enough and the loaded car staying within legal weight.
How to compare it
Subtract kerb weight from gross weight to understand payload headroom for people, luggage, accessories and towbar nose weight.
- Check the number against your garage, child seats, luggage and parking.
- Look for shape and access, not just litres or millimetres.
- Payload can be more important than volume.
What changes it
Practicality changes when the same number meets real objects: child seats, boxes, roof racks, kerbs, charging cables, passengers and payload limits.
- Shape and access can beat a larger raw volume number.
- Payload includes people, luggage and accessories.
- Exterior size affects parking even when cabin space is good.
Common trap
A big boot does not mean you can fill it with anything. Heavy luggage can hit the gross weight limit before the boot looks full.
- A bigger number can still be awkward if the shape is poor.
- Accessories and passengers count against payload.
Gross weight: the packaging view
Dimensions become useful only when you connect them to doors, boot shape, payload and your parking reality.
Gross weight across EVRadar
Based on 555 published cars
Lowest
637 kg
Typical
2460.4 kg
Highest
4717 kg