FordPass SmartLink is a cool idea that will help bring your sort-of-modern Ford closer to current models. But it's going to cost you more than just couch change.

This summer, owners of Ford and Lincoln cars of model year 2010 and later can add SmartLink, a device that enables remote services, car location and the ability to monitor teen drivers.

Ford SmartLink adds 4G Wi-Fi, remote start, and other key features to vehicles not equipped with modem access.

FordPass SmartLink is a device that plugs into a car's OBD II port, adding connected features that older models did not have when new.