Driving in Death Valley at 154 degrees Fahrenheit​ | Fifth Gear

Jonny gets exclusive access to a pre-production KIA to test it in one of the hottest places on Earth - Death Valley. It gets hot. This clip is from episode one of Series 27, first broadcast on Quest, 13th September 2018.

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[SwagFlap]

the new Kia Burka looks veeeery promising.

[kam]

Are we allowed to say its a Kia Soul...👀😂

[lukalukic]

It says Sponsored by Peugeot at end of the video lol

[kellingtonlink]

‘Please park off pavement’. This was a brilliant video. Quite the test indeed! Thanks so much.

[austinpatrick]

I own a 2014 Kia Soul. Let me just say, while the A/C does work, it could be A LOT better. From the looks of this, Kia listened. There's no way the 2014 model would even survive that test.

[tobysemler]

69? I'm from Australia. I've spent quite a bit of time in the desert. But yeah - that's HOT!!!

[MakeItWithCalvin]

Having visited Death Valley/Mojave Valley the heat is not a joke. The desolation is not a joke either. Many people break down and die out there. That said, it is an incredible place to visit.

[therealbettyswollocks]

Every day during the summer in UAE. My AC kicks in almost instantly and reduces the temp to 23 degrees in about 5 mins. Clearly Kia need to up their game if it takes that long.

[isaacarun]

“The car that hasn’t been revealed yet” the only BOX LOOKING CAR ON KIA LINEUP IS THE KIA SOUL

[no-damn-alias]

I own the hot climate version of a car and what they did to improve the AC is, they "stuffed" a second condenser behind another so it goes first through the behind one and then through the front one. AC goes down to 12°C it's just a dream if you enter a hot car and of course the sunroof is tilted during the day. Also a very powerful cooling fans. Power rating of them is 800watts and they're noisy on full blast!

[juanvga]

Imagine that temperature with a traffic jam and dust...that's a real test

[imhs]

I love 5th gear! Long live it! Tiff, Jason and Vicky are awesome!!

[GreggCesaroni]

This isn't the first time Johnny had something to do with Kia. Last time he was testing the Optima at the Nurburgring. That hot test he did, I thought 108 Fahrenheit was brutal and the interior being close to 150, I feel for him. I was in the older Kia Soul in New Mexico.

[sonydroid]

Wow, extreme driving!!! Big respect J.

[mycosys]

Definitely looks hot on camera, reminds me of 47 degree days in western NSW, that shimmer of heat. You dont wanna do that in a Datsun 200B, without aircon, trust me XD

[Samehde]

believe me, here in Saudi Arabia we face 50+ C everyday for 4~5 Month and guess what's the worst AC car system? Korean brands whither Hyundai or KIA. They are by far the worst AC system that you can have feels like just the fan is working. so many Kia car owners have done the swap of AC compressor with an old car from Toyota like Tercel and they are working perfectly for such a hot climate. this department need to be fired for doing a bad R&D work!

[sunny]

Damn, he has a white beard. I have literally watched him get old.

[MrSupercar]

Death Valley actually seems like a good place to test cars. It’s scorching hot, so it’d be good for testing the air conditioning for a start.

[yungpepereacts]

everyone look up *highest record temperature in death valley* it says it was *134 fahrenheight* somethin doesnt add up here

[lesego]

In South Africa we open the Windows when it hot... so it means that place is not hot enough