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just bought new second car, spent all my time on the internet. I ve had quite a few new cars to. TBH I go already knowing what I want and just buy that. What you get told in any car show room will be bias towards what they want to move/sell. Do your homework, test drive check it out then purchase.
My purchase took an hour from start to drive away with tax and insurance transfered / paid. Included a quick test drive, check docs, car. Everything in order.
Once bought a new car. Conversation went. 'Thats the car I want, I will buy it' Yes sir but that will take 8 weeks for delivery. No I want that one. But thats the display car! Yes sell it me now. They did and it was ready 48 hours later.
I once accompanied a Saudi ambassador's son (dressed as poverty stricken student) to buy a new car in a tiny dealership in West Wales. The salesman seemed confused by someone buying a new car as one would buy a pair of shoes, and writing the cheque without hesitation.
So a week on and things have developed somewhat - forget customers being wary of diesel, vw aren't even confident they'll have diesel models to sell in 2016 now.
Car dealers are in no position to better guess/know how the situation with diesel engines will unfold. Like all manufacturers they want to sell you whatever you want as long as it's the same as everyone wants. Manufacturers don't like giving us choice and will always try to influence us to sell what they want to sell us rather than what we actually want. Petrol SMAXs are not popular and they don't want to sell them. If you really want one they'll sell you one, but they'll try not to.
I love my SMAx and I don't like Diesel engines, but in an SMAX diesel engines really work better than petrol. My mate has a petrol SMAX (2.0ltr power shift) and though it drives better than the diesel (faster, quieter, smoother), it really is ridiculously thirsty - he's lucky if he's getting 25mpg - barely scrapes 350miles out of a tank vs. my 500+. The frequency of petrol station visits would annoy me more than anything. I'd think twice about getting a petrol SMAX.