Drive assembly including seamless shifting mechanism

A drive assembly for a drive train of a motor vehicle comprising:

• a differential configured for driving a first axle and a second axle while allowing the first axle and the second axle to rotate about a center axis at different speeds than each other;
• an input shaft;
• a first gear set continuously drivingly connected to the differential for inputting a first torque to the differential, the first gear set including a first input gear coaxial to the input shaft;
• a second gear set continuously drivingly connected to the differential for inputting a second torque to the differential, the first torque being lower than the second torque, the second gear set including a second input gear coaxial to the input shaft;
• and
• a clutch actuatable between a first orientation in which the clutch drives the first gear set to transmit the first torque to the differential, and a second orientation in which the clutch drives the second gear set to transmit the second torque to the differential,
• wherein the first gear set includes a first final drive gear drivingly connected to and mounted on the differential for inputting the first torque to the differential,
• the second gear set including a second final drive gear drivingly connected to the differential for inputting the second torque to the differential,
• the second input gear being drivingly connected to the second final drive gear by at least one intermediate gear,
• the at least one intermediate gear includes an upstream intermediate gear directly drivingly connected to the second input gear and a downstream intermediate gear directly drivingly connected to the second final drive gear.