You are right. So what makes the MaxTow difference? The gearing difference from 3.73 to 4.10? I have 4.88 gears in mine now. Other than gears I cant think of what could be different. This is interesting as to why they would offer setups with such drastic changes in towing capabilities.
I don’t know what all variations Jeep has out there but I have a 2021 Freedom Edition that has all the components of the Max-Tow and I have the manual transmission. I even looked to make sure because I knew it wasn’t supposed to be offered. But I have the wider axles, bigger brakes, bigger...