A lot of dealerships have what is called a floor plan. Meaning the cars they are selling they dont own. If they floor planned thru the auction they bought the car from. Then they do not have the title for the car as they have said. It means they first need to pay the car off at the auction before the auction will send them a title.
If the car dealership is behind on making payments this could be a lot of un needed drama. By law a dealership does have 21 days to send you a title tho.