Complex sentence: Beginning in July 1984 it was also sold in Western Europe as the Citroën Axel, to recoup money that Citroën had invested in Romania that the communist government couldn't repay.
Split into simpler sentences: Beginning in July 1984 it was also sold in Western Europe as the Citroën Axel. Citroën was hoping to recoup money that Citroën had invested in Romania that the communist government couldn't repay.