Glossary Terms

Curb weight is its weight in unladen, ready-to-drive condition —with no driver, passengers, or cargo, but with all necessary fluids, including fuel.

Also known as Unladen weight (ULW), The Tare weight is the unloaded weight of a vehicle equipped and ready for operation on the road (including fuel).

Shipping weight reflects a “stripped” model with a standard engine and no optional equipment included.

The manufacturer of the transmission as expressed as a three digit manufacturer code Code Description ALA Allison ASA Aisin Seiki BEA Bering BWR Borgwarner CYA Chrysler DEA Detroit DOA Dodge DSA [...]

The manufacturer of the engine as expressed as a three digit manufacturer code Code Description BWR Borgwarner CAA Caterpillar CUA Cummins CYA Chrysler DEA Detroit DOA Dodge DSA Dana Spicer DUA [...]

The manufacturer of the axle as expressed as a three digit manufacturer code Code Description AAC Axle Alliance Company AAM American Axle & Manufacturing ABA Albion ALA Allison BEA Bering BYD [...]

This rating represents the manufacturer’s maximum weight rating for the vehicle or trailer. This rating includes the empty weight of the vehicle, or trailer, occupants, fuel, and cargo weight.

This rating represents the manufacturer’s maximum weight rating for the pulling vehicle, trailer, cargo, fuel, and occupants combined.

A vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine in combination with one or more electric motors that use energy stored in batteries. The batteries can only be charged by the internal [...]

This rating is a comparison of the tailpipe GHG emissions of the vehicle to those of other vehicles of the same model year.  The greenhouse gas score of the vehicle as set by the Environmental [...]