Most of the electric racks I've seen are electric
assist. Most of the chained steering shafts I've seen have the shafts in parallel.
How are the SAAB tierods arranged? Two sections or three? Compare with these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=drag...ering&tbm=isch
Cowl-mount steering:
https://www.google.com/search?q=cowl...=u&source=univ