One would hope so, but a mechanic who specializes in your particular vehicle or brand has better odds of correctly diagnosing problems.
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In my neck of the woods, there is a VW specialist shop that started out working only on air-cooled VWs, but later began to specialize in more modern VWs as well. Last year, he had a devastating fire that was the result of doing some welding on an old VW, whose owner failed to disclose that the car had a nasty gas leak.
His business burned to the ground 
, but he rebuilt it, and is once again doing an incredible business with VW owners who have fled from the local VW dealerships that feature extremely high maintenance/repair prices, nasty attitudes, and limited diagnostic ability.
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I’ve noticed VW Dealerships tend to be a little snotty myself. I walked in a VW showroom just the other day and got to asking about what new they had to offer these days to one of the salesmen, and why the lot was full of non-VW used trucks and hardly a new VW sedan in sight. The salesman there purposely mislead me, not once, but twice. The ironic part, the actual reason I went in was just to use their bathroom … lol …
You probably walked onto the used car lot. That would explain all the non-VW vehicles, which were probably traded in or acquired at auction
I bought my Toyota at a Volvo dealer, as the previous owner had traded it in on a new Volvo
We bought my mom’s Honda at a VW dealer, as it had been traded in on a new VW
It is definitely a VW Dealership, VW parts department, VW service department, and VW showroom. For years and years it used to have nothing but new VW’s with a few used sedans of other makes, Toyotas, Hondas, Mazda’s mostly. Soon after the recent discovery was announced that VW was – well, let’s just say very economical with the truth about their emissions testing for diesels – most all the VW sedans disappeared and were replaced by used pickup trucks. Hundreds of used pickups, with a huge banner sign “Used Truck Center” or something like that. The VW signage still remains, there’s still a VW parts department and service department, salesman displayed a German accent, and the showroom still has a few new VW sedans to show customers . But mostly it is a place to buy used trucks.
Sounds like the dealership is doing whatever it takes to stay in business
If that means selling used trucks, so be it
Yes, I expect you are right. Biding time tactic. Hopefully they’ll be able to successfully revive the brand. Californians tho – being an environmentally friendly group for the most part – were not pleased to hear what happened. No, no they weren’t.