My dad saved his whole life
My dad saved his whole life to finally buy a Lincoln Town Car in the mid-1990s. He'd always wanted one and believed that once he got one, he'd finally have "made it." Turned out to be the biggest pile of crap ever produced. I swear that car was built on a Tuesday after a long weekend and a day before a general UAW strike. Horrible car.
And for those who don't believe a re-badged foreign car with the Ford name on it won't sell well. Remember that Ford actually invented the captive-import idea back in the late 40s. As recently as the late 1990s, the Ford Aspire was an imported Kia Avella. One thing that luxury brands have little to worry about is absorbing the import duties, which is the biggest roadblock to rebadging.
Hyundai, however, is unlikely to pen an exclusivity deal with Ford unless they can make Lincoln their own luxury brand as the company seems pretty obviously aiming towards creating one. They'd argued over it in 2008 with the re-design of the Genesis and decided to hold off until the market improved. So any time now..