2015 Venture RVSonic Sport 160

Venture RV lists the 2015 Sonic Sport 160 at 2,623 lb dry, a GVWR of 3,500 lb, a net carrying capacity of 877 lb and a tongue weight of 366 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 19' 9" long and 103" high. Venture RV prints its tanks as 20 gal fresh, 32 gal grey, 32 gal black.

Among the 6 Sonic Sport floorplans Venture RV’s Sonic Sport flyer (filed in Venture RV’s 2015 brochure folder; the flyer prints no year) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 2 from the lightest, in a range from 2,263 lb (Sonic Sport 15BH) to 2,740 lb (Sonic Sport 180). Every figure in that comparison is Venture RV’s, for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 6 Nov 2026 from Venture RV’s Sonic Sport flyer (filed in Venture RV’s 2015 brochure folder; the flyer prints no year); model year 2015 comes from where the maker files it on its own site, not from the document’s text.

How the 160 differs from the other five Sonic Sport floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Tongue weight, 366 lb: second-heaviest of six, between the 18BS (356 lb) and the 180 (376 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14%: second-largest of six, between the 180 (13.7%) and the 15BH (15.2%).
• Length, 19 ft 9 in: third-shortest of six, between the 17RBT (18 ft 10 in) and the 18BH and 18BS (20 ft 6 in).
• Cargo capacity, 877 lb: largest of six, level with the 18BH; next is the 18BS (867 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 25.1%: largest of six, level with the 18BH; next is the 18BS (24.8%).
• Black tank, 32 gal: largest of six, level with the 180; next is the 17RBT (24 gal).
• Dry weight, 2,623 lb: shared with the 18BH; of six, one lighter and three heavier, nearest the 15BH (2,263 lb) and the 18BS (2,633 lb).
• Exterior height, 8 ft 7 in: shared with the 180; of six, three lower and one taller, nearest the 15BH (8 ft 5 in) and the 17RBT (9 ft 3 in).
• Grey tank, 32 gal: largest of six, level with the 17RBT and 180; next are the 15BH, 18BH and 18BS (15 gal).

Next to the 15BH, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 160 is 360 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 700 lb higher, has 340 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 23 lb heavier, is 2 ft 7 in longer, stands 2 in taller, has a fresh tank 10 gal larger, has a grey tank 17 gal larger and has a black tank 23 gal larger; the two publish the same interior height.

Next to the 18BH, the floorplan with the same dry weight, the 160 has a tongue weight 20 lb heavier, is 9 in shorter, stands 3 in taller, has a grey tank 17 gal larger and has a black tank 23 gal larger; the two publish the same dry weight, GVWR, cargo capacity, interior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 18BS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 160 is 10 lb lighter by dry weight, has 10 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 10 lb heavier, is 9 in shorter, stands 3 in taller, has a grey tank 17 gal larger and has a black tank 17 gal larger; the two publish the same GVWR, interior height and fresh tank.

Venture RV’s Sonic Sport flyer (filed in Venture RV’s 2015 brochure folder; the flyer prints no year) lists 6 Sonic Sport floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 20-gallon fresh tank is about 166 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 19% of the Sonic Sport 160’s 877 lb cargo capacity, leaving 711 lb. Across 6 Sonic Sport floorplans the water share runs 15% to 22%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Sonic Sport 18BH at 19% and Sonic Sport 18BS at 19%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).