How to Use curb weight in a Sentence

curb weight

noun
  • The curb weight is about 5,227 pounds.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Yes, its price has crept up over the years, even if its curb weight hasn't much.
    — Car and Driver, 28 Nov. 2018
  • Heavy curb weights and greater torque ratings of the motor lead to greater tire wear.
    — Mark Maynard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Its curb weight is nearly 8,500 pounds.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 31 May 2026
  • That’s despite the 5,200-pound curb weight.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Much blame is pointed at the 5,500-pound curb weight—the truck is rugged, but heavy.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • This thing is a porker, with a curb weight pushing 4000 pounds.
    — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2020
  • One of the best ways to curb weight gain is regular movement and exercise.
    — Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 13 July 2023
  • The bike sits on 17-inch wheels, with a 417-lb (189 kg) curb weight.
    — New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The thing can tow three times its curb weight and haul a hillbilly hot tub around in the bed—probably at the same time.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 3 June 2026
  • The kit cuts over 55 pounds from the car’s curb weight, according to the automaker.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
  • The curb weight has also jumped from 2,890 lbs to 4,375 lbs.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The Yugo's sub-2000-pound curb weight isn't the only small spec.
    — Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Our all-wheel-drive test loaner with manual had a curb weight of 3,296 pounds.
    — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018
  • This car manages to feel hundreds of pounds lighter than its 4171-pound curb weight suggests.
    — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 18 Dec. 2020
  • At 5,192 pounds curb weight, the 4 is no lightweight, but no EV is.
    — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • At 5,192 pounds curb weight, the 4 is no lightweight, but no EV is.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Excising all these creature comforts dropped the car’s curb weight by some 400 pounds.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Total curb weight remains a slender 1,570 kg.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The engine power is substantial, but so is the curb weight of the car at 4,334 pounds.
    — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • An official curb weight has not been announced, but the Stingray’s dry weight is 3,336 pounds.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2019
  • Customers who commit to the leanest cut of this car are rewarded with a curb weight around 3100 pounds.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Credit those 4,000-plus pounds of curb weight with mashing down bumpy roads into something more pleasant.
    — Marty Padgett, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The hybrid’s 425-pound greater curb weight offsets the R/Ts extra power.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Newey hopes that the use of a carbon-composite tub will keep the vehicle’s curb weight under 2,000 pounds.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2024
  • However, all that battery pack does add up to a curb weight around 5,400 pounds (2,460 kg).
    — ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
  • Room for improvement With a curb weight of 4,411 pounds, the Cross Sport is at the heavy end of its class.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Even with a portly curb weight and quintessentially Audi (meaning, weird) powertrain?
    — Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Ola says the bike incorporates space-grade aluminum, carbon fiber, and magnesium, all of which should reduce curb weight and boost performance.
    — New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Though curb weights likely will increase beyond the two-ton mark, the GT63 should be able to hit 60 mph in around three seconds.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023

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