It almost costs less in the USA than in Italy!!!
It's an amazing machine, a friend of mine in Reggio Emilia has it, in my opinion it is worth every cent!
The cleaning ability is something magical, it even has the double orbital washing system!
And as plus it has real stainless steel racks and not vinyl coated ones, plus the internal is lighted and is sensor wash based.
If I were to replace my kitchen, without space problems, I would fit this dishwasher and a 45 cm one, to have a single, wide rack for pots and pans and a "dishes only" smaller machine.
It is interesting that even the USA model behaves exactly the same as the European counterpart, with self heating on all cycles except that they added the stupid plate warmer feature! Oh, and they even kept the water softener even if you guys don't usually have it as standard over there, very well done I believe!
http://www.arredatutto.it/en/smeg-sto905-578cm-86cm-p-5268.html