Caffeine and Chrome at Gateway Classic Cars, Smyrna

Caffeine and Chrome is the open lot that Gateway Classic Cars runs at its showrooms on the same Saturday each month. The company calls its Middle Tennessee location the Nashville showroom, but it is in Smyrna, at 706 Swan Dr., in Rutherford County. The next date Gateway lists there is Saturday 5 December 2026, 10am to 1pm.

That date is the one Gateway’s program page labels the Holiday Party. It is the last Caffeine and Chrome on the company’s 2026 list.

When it runs

Gateway’s program page publishes Caffeine and Chrome as a list of dates for the year, not as a stated rule. The 2026 list runs from “January 31st” to “October 31st - Trunk or Treat,” has no November date, and ends with “December 5th - Holiday Party.” The Nashville event page gives the day as “December 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM” and the place as 706 Swan Dr., Smyrna. No 2027 dates are posted yet, so this page shows the next published date and nothing after it.

What it costs

Gateway’s event page says the meet “is open to the public and has NO admission fee.” It offers donuts and coffee “while supplies last.” No show-car fee is published. The page does not say what the Holiday Party adds to a normal Caffeine and Chrome.

Which cars

“Cruise in with your collectible car or daily driver,” the event page says. “All makes and models are welcome, with plenty of parking space.” Gateway also bills it as “a family and pet friendly event.”

The showroom

The meet uses the showroom’s own lot on Swan Drive. The showroom page says Gateway Classic Cars of Nashville opened in August 2015 and has since moved to its current building in Smyrna, which it describes as climate controlled. It lists showroom hours as Tuesday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm, closed Sunday and Monday. The meet falls inside a normal business day, so the cars for sale are indoors and the cars that drove in are outside.

The same Saturday nearby

Two other events share 5 December. Streetside Classics holds its Christmas Customer Appreciation Day and Toys for Tots drive in La Vergne, also in Rutherford County, from 10am to 3pm. Nashville Cars n’ Coffee lists 5 December at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, starting at 8am. The rest of the region is on the Nashville page.

Before you go

Gateway adds one caution for a meet it runs at many showrooms at once: “Please verify your closest showroom is participating.” On 9 November 2026 the company’s events page carried a Nashville entry for 5 December. Check that entry again before driving. Gateway publishes no house rules for the lot, so the usual courtesy applies: arrive quietly, park in a marked space and leave slowly.

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