There is not a low gear range for extreme conditions.
All-wheel drive works much the same way, except it lacks the low gear range.
Fortunately, it runs up and down the gear range with silken precision.
Unlike most 4-by-4 trucks, it doesn't have a low gear range for off-roading.
(Part-time systems also have a low gear range that multiplies the torque for challenging low-speed conditions).
At a time when some S.U.V.'s, like the X5, do not even have a low gear range for off-roading, the VW is equipped for serious slogging.
The base all-wheel-drive system is Quadra-Trac 1, a full-time setup that lacks a low gear range for rugged terrain.
Three levers sprout from the floor: one with a black knob is the shifter; one with a red knob selects high gear; and one with a yellow knob is for the low gear range.
The Sequoia, which comes in three trim levels, also offers full-time 4-wheel drive with a transfer case that includes a low gear range for rigorous off-roading.
After a thrilling descent into Barley, you expect to pay for it with a hellish climb but, as with the rest of this cunningly plotted route, the climbs never exceed your gearing range, or leg power.
