Complex sentence: The latter position won through, and a Scania-Vabis was selected for the task, even though the expedition's leader later admitted that a French truck probably would have been more suitable for driving in the desert.
Split into simpler sentences: The latter position won through, and a Scania-Vabis was selected for the task. The expedition's leader later admitted that a French truck probably would have been more suitable for driving in the desert.