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The weight of a fueled automobile with standard equipment but without cargo or passengers.


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(DOD) Weight of a ground vehicle including fuel, lubricants, coolant, and on-vehicle materiel, excluding cargo and operating personnel.

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Curb weight (US) or Kerb weight (UK) is the total weight of a vehicle with standard equipment, all necessary operating consumables (e.g. motor oil and coolant), a full tank of fuel, while not loaded with either passengers or cargo.[1][2]

This definition may differ from definitions used by governmental regulatory agencies or other organizations, for example, many European Union manufacturers include the weight of a 75 kilogram driver to follow European Directive 95/48/EC.[3] Additionally, organizations may define curb weight with fixed levels of fuel and other variables to equalize the value for the comparison of different vehicles.

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  1. ^ "Glossary: curb weight". Audi USA. http://www.audiusa.com/audi/us/en2/tools/glossary/chassis_body/Curb_weight.html. Retrieved 2007-01-21. 
  2. ^ "Help: Glossary – C". Ford. http://www.fordvehicles.com/help/glossary/index.asp?letter=c. Retrieved 2007-10-10. 
  3. ^ "EU Commission Directive 95/48/EC". European Commission. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31995L0048:EN:HTML. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 

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