Dealer to dealer sales?

[supton]

How does that work for titles? If a dealer gives up on a sale and sends to (action? affiliate?), is the title simply left in limbo?

On the Scion I was looking at, I noticed that it was inspected (first entry in the screenshot), then it must have been traded in. After a month the dealership sells the car to a small lot that currently has it for sale... but it's not onto its third owner. [Car is a stickshift and 15 years old so it's actually surprising that Team Nissan would even attempt to sell--they likely wanted it gone ASAP after trade-in.]

 

[Hall]

Might vary by state but in Ohio, dealers don't title vehicles in their names unless they buy it for their own use. When they take one in on trade, they don't put their name on the title.

 

[javacontour]

I wonder if the Nissan dealership had to wait for the title to show up. They may have listed it for sale as soon as they had it. But, since they didn't have the title yet, they couldn't really move it. But, they will put it up on the website to get attention.

Finally, once the (replacement) title shows up, they can actually move the metal and they move it on to a seller more likely to move this sort of metal.

Just one possible scenario.

Not everyone is a BITOG owner who keeps their title and maintenance records in a nitrogen filled glass case like an original copy of the Constitution.

 

[supton]

Thanks. Wasn't a huge issue to me, but was curious.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Might vary by state but in Ohio, dealers don't title vehicles in their names unless they buy it for their own use. When they take one in on trade, they don't put their name on the title.

Carfax seems to think Ohio requires dealers to title vehicles in their name (go to "Ownership history")

Some states require it, some don't require it. Does NH require dealers to take ownership of their inventory?

 

[Hall]

Carfax seems to think Ohio requires dealers to title vehicles in their name (go to "Ownership history")

Look at a physical title

 

[Exhaustgases]

Titles ? They exist to give states the ultimate authority over motor vehicles.
The dealers receive the MSO with each "new" vehicle they purchase or receive from the manufacture.
When they sell it to Joe public or anyone that wishes to hang a license plate on said vehicle the MSO is surrendered to
what ever state that will then destroy it and in turn create a title for the vehicle. The MSO proves ultimate ownership.
MSO is Manufactures Statement of Origin.

Used vehicles will not have an MSO, unless the dealer has NOS vehicles, like that one auction years ago they had many 50's and 60's vehicles that came with the MSO. Very cool.