Land Rover has always made money 
Unfortunately, British Leyland used it to prop up the rest of the empire and in part so did Ford.
In some cases quality has gone backwards in Ford's hands ... but that may have occurred anyway as the Land Rover became more "soccer-mum" than workhorse and the Range Rover became a status symbol 
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