1. Curb weight
   Payload
2. Cargo carrying capacity
   GVWR

The total weight of a vehicle without passengers or cargo (but including gasoline and other necessary fluids) is the curb weight of the vehicle. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/gross-trailer-weight.htm">How Gross Trailer Weight (GTW) Works</a>

1. GCWR
   GAWR
2. Curb weight
   GVWR

The maximum allowable weight of a fully equipped tow vehicle including passengers and cargo is the GVWR or the gross vehicle weight rating. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/gross-trailer-weight.htm">How Gross Trailer Weight (GTW) Works</a>

1. GCWR
   GAWR
2. GVWR
   Cargo carrying capacity

The GCWR (gross combined weight rating) is the maximum permissible weight of the tow vehicle and trailer combined. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/gross-trailer-weight.htm">How Gross Trailer Weight (GTW) Works</a>

1. GCWR
   GAWR
2. GVWR
   Cargo carrying capacity

The GAWR (gross axle weight rating) is the maximum weight an axle is designed to carry. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/gross-trailer-weight.htm">How Gross Trailer Weight (GTW) Works</a>

1. Curb weight
   Towing capacity
2. Payload
   GVWR

The payload is the combined weight of all passengers and cargo. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/half-ton-truck.htm">What does it mean to call a pickup truck a '1/2 ton truck' (also known as a 'half-ton truck')?</a>

1. GVWR
   GCWR
2. GAWR
   Cargo carrying capacity

Cargo carrying capacity describes the maximum available volume for storage in a vehicle. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/half-ton-truck.htm">What does it mean to call a pickup truck a '1/2 ton truck' (also known as a 'half-ton truck')?</a>

1. Cargo carrying capacity
   Towing capacity
2. GVWR
   GCWR

Towing capacity describes the maximum allowable weight a vehicle can tow. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/truck-towing-capacity.htm">How bad is it if I tow more than my truck's towing capacity?</a>

1. Towing capacity
   Cargo carrying capacity
2. Curb weight

As the measure of a vehicle's payload increases, the measure of its towing capacity decreases. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/truck-towing-capacity.htm">How bad is it if I tow more than my truck's towing capacity?</a>

1. GVWR
   GCWR
2. Cargo carrying capacity
   Towing capacity

Cargo carrying capacity is rendered in cubic feet. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/gross-trailer-weight.htm">How Gross Trailer Weight (GTW) Works</a>

1. Cargo carrying capacity
   Towing capacity
2. Curb weight
   Pressure braking system

The total weight of a vehicle without passengers or cargo (but including gasoline and other necessary fluids) is the curb weight of the vehicle. <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/gross-trailer-weight.htm">How Gross Trailer Weight (GTW) Works</a>