He’s known for rapping about his lavish lifestyle and racing around in fast cars in some of Hollywood’s biggest movies.

But Will Smith’s motoring taste came under some serious scrutiny in an unearthed Top Gear clip which left his former Focus co-star Margot Robbie in sтιтches.

Appearing on the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car segment of the show in 2015 with his Australian colleague ahead of their film Focus, Will, then 46, could hardly have expected the grilling he got from Jeremy Clarkson, then 54, in front of a raucous studio audience.

A well-prepared Jeremy kicked off the grilling by asking: ‘What was your first car?’

Will replied: ‘A candy apple red [Chevrolet] IROC-Z, a Camaro. Apparently you don’t have those here.’

‘No we have…what’s the word? Er, taste,’ Jeremy lashed back.

Will Smith’s song lyrics and car choices were roasted by Jeremy Clarkson in an unearthed Top Gear clip from 2015

The actor, then 46, could hardly have expected the grilling he got from Jeremy Clarkson, then 54, in front of a raucous studio audience

Will and Margot Robbie appeared on the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car segment of the show in 2015 ahead of their film Focus (pictured)

The Camaro IROC-Z was a US-made affordable muscle car which was released every year from 1982 to 1992. 

‘I was thinking, “well maybe this would indicate you don’t know anything about cars”, then I started to look into some of the lyrics.

‘In a song called Getting Jiggy With It…’

‘I don’t recognise that one,’ Will ʙuттed in, poking fun at the Top Gear host’s pronunciation of his 1998 Grammy Award-winning hit.

‘It goes, “850iS…”,’ Jeremy continued.

‘850iS if you need a lift…’ Will recalled.

‘”…Who’s the kid in the drop?”,’ Jeremy recited. ‘Now drop I presume means drop top.’

Will said: ‘Drop top, yes.’

The rapper was more concerned about the host’s pronunciation of his lyrics, saying: ‘It is so awkward for me to hear you say my lyrics like that’

‘I was thinking, “well maybe this would indicate you don’t know anything about cars”, then I started to look into some of the lyrics,’ Jeremy said

After being hit with some expert knowledge about one of his lines, Will hit back: ‘No, no, hold on. He thinks he knows everything. In the United States, we customise our cars’

But Jeremy revealed: ‘They never did a drop top 850. It’s a small problem.’

At this point, the large crowd of petrolheads watching the segment erupted into laughter. 

Will hit back: ‘No, no, hold on. See now, he thinks he knows everything. In the United States, we do a thing where we customise our cars.’

Despite the audience’s approval of the grilling, the King Richard Oscar-winner was, in fact, right. The BMW 850i did have a number of recorded aftermarket conversions which involved adding a convertible top.

‘Can I just give you another one?’ Jeremy said. 

Margot, then 24, could barely contain her amusement as she enjoyed a front seat ticket for an A-lister roast session, saying: ‘This is brilliant.’

‘”Just cruising in the maestro…”‘ Jeremy began, reciting the words to Will’s 1997 hit Just Cruisin’ which reached number 23 in the UK singles charts.

‘Yes, yes, yes,’ Will recalled.

A well-prepared Jeremy kicked off the grilling by asking: ‘What was your first car?’

It was a Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z which was a US-made affordable muscle car which was released every year from 1982 to 1992

He then called out a lyric from Getting Jiggy With It, saying: ‘They never did a drop top [BMW] 850. It’s a small problem’

‘”…nice flow…”‘ Jeremy continued, before Will completed the rap, singing, ‘Nice flow, H๏τ like nitro. Cool as ice, though’.

The Top Gear presenter then asked: ‘Do you know what a maestro is?’

‘Oh, you’ve got one?’ Will said, gobsmacked.

‘There you go,’ Jeremy added, pulling up a picture of an Austin Maestro, a classic British hatchback first released in 1982 which figured heavily in UK popular culture.

An entire episode of Channel 4 soap Brookside was dedicated to the car and in 1985 the opening тιтles of ITV soap Crossroads followed an MG-made version of the Maestro. 

‘Oh my God,’ a shocked Will said, with Margot almost crying with laughter in the seat next to him.

He added: ‘It is so awkward for me to hear you say my lyrics like that.’

Will and Margo were among the most high-profile stars to ever take to the Top Gear track, with the Ali actor getting a time of 1 minute 47.2 seconds, placing him high on the board between Warwick Davis and Benedict Cumberbatch.

At this point, the large crowd of petrolheads watching the segment erupted into laughter as Will was seemingly exposed for a lie about the classic German car

Despite the audience’s approval, the Oscar-winner was, in fact, right. The BMW 850i did have a number of recorded aftermarket conversions which involved adding a convertible top

Jeremy also mocked Will’s glorifying of the Austin Maestro in his 1997 hit Just Cruisin’, pulling up a picture of the British hatchback much to the Men In Black’s star’s shock

But Margo had him beat, flying round the track in 1 minute 47.1 seconds much to Will’s shock.

The recently rediscovered clip comes after Will and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith put on a unified front with their first joint message since he came under fire for an ‘inappropriate’ display with a female singer at the Premio Lo Nuestro award show in Miami.

At the show last month, Will and the Spanish singer India Martínez put on a steamy display that seemingly culminated with a kiss, but some fans were irked due to his unusual marital relationship with Jada.

On Monday, she joined the 56-year-old A-list actor for a blended family pH๏τo as he marked National Napping Day.

She didn’t seem to hold any bad blood for her husband as they posed with their son Jaden, 26, and daughter Willow, 24.

Joining in the group pH๏τo to complete the family was Will’s oldest son, 32-year-old Trey Smith, from Will’s first marriage to Sheree Zampino, who also posed for the picture.

Although Will and Jada didn’t directly address his controversial kiss, the Matrix series star also got to poke fun at her husband in the cheeky snap.

Will, who wore a navy Adidas track suit with red stripes, was pictured snoozing on outdoors on a veranda while Jada, Sheree and the children all made joking gestures at him.

It comes after Will and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith put on a unified front with their first joint message since he came under fire for an ‘inappropriate’ display with India Martínez

Will was slammed online for flirting with and seemingly kissing the Spanish singer India (pictured) at the Premio Lo Nuestro award show in Miami

Jada, 53, who sported bleached blond hair and eyebrows, pointed down at her husband and stuck her tongue out as if to playfully mock him.

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‘Someone say it was national napping day?’ Will captioned the pH๏τo.

The latest display of family unity was particularly striking, as Will and Jada have still left an air of mystery about their relationship.

In 2020, Jada admitted to carrying on a multi-year affair with the musician Alsina during a period when she and Will were separated.

He later admitted to his own extramarital affairs, and in late 2023, Jada clarified that the two had been separated going all the way back to 2016, though she said they don’t have any plans to divorce.