Through the magic of math and engineering, once the torque gets multiplied through the transmission, the transfer case and the axle,
the final crawl ratio is 77.2:1 for the automatic transmission and 84.2:1 for the manual, a huge improvement over the last generation.
No, here «Low» means there's a numerically higher
final drive
ratio that provides a better (lower) 20.4:1
crawl ratio, versus the standard 17.6:1 on other nine - speed 4WD Compass».