Anyone know why the GVWR would be different depending on the seat arrangement for the 110? Are the suspensions different? Changes in body construction? What would make the 7-seat arrangement different?

 

This GVWR discussion has been ongoing for a few years now. So many questions, mostly unanswered. I did a very casual non-scientific deep dive on this a few years back when others raised your same very good question based on the #'s -- and decided it's a bit of nonsense. At the time I think I wanted to convert my 7 seater to a 5 seater.

One example...

3.0 Gas 6 seat 5090 curb weight / 6975 gvwr (1885 lb difference)
3.0 Gas 7 seat 5165 curb weight / 7160 gvwr (1995 lb difference -- why is this 110 lb more than the 6 seater? Why would a 7 seater take more weight than a 6 seater? It's 75 lb heavier to start due to the 3rd row seats?

If it eases your mind, I think the prior discussions deemed it's based on legal / manufacturer liability stuff, not actual vehicle build differences. Load up the defender with whatever people and cargo you can, I'm pretty sure it can "take it". As long as you're not loading your Defender up with bags of sand and concrete (really heavy stuff!) and driving 90mph down the freeway... I think it's all based on JLR changing #'s to meet governmental regs in various locales.

The load ratings I do and would pay attention to would be:
1) towing weight and tongue weight
2) roof static and dynamic load weights

For example - see this thread from this week here on the forums https://landroverforums.com/forum/20...weight-120520/. (the tire pressure label differs from the GVWR). Nonsensical labeling from JLR.

All very "back of envelope" and would be keen to understand what is actually behind the #'s.

 

Thanks. I'm trying to be careful when pulling a heavy trailer and I'm near the weight limits with the 5-seat arrangement I have. It would be nice to learn that there's an additional 185 lbs of payload available if this thing is really engineered for a GVWR of 7,160.