OK, now it's all over.

[washertalk]

Well I hear what your saying Marc.

But the market is saturated. Sears, one of the nation largest appliance retailer continues to loose sale volume. (10% stock price drop today). People give washers away on Craigslist and such.
And toploaders do use alot more water in general compared to frontloaders. People may be "used" to top loaders just as they are "used" to large cars. But reality is knocking. We as a nation have to change our piggish ways.

Really it isn't a matter of top load vs front load or land yacht vs. Prius. It is the way they are powered, their economy. Their quality. If I could drive a large car and get 200 miles per gallon, I would.
We have toploading dryers right? Why not a toploading "frontloader"?
Though I think I would rather have a elevated (pedestal mounted) front loader than a deep toploading tumble washer.

 

[MrX]

Europe

Indesit : Indesit, Ariston, Hotpoint, Scholtes (Huge)

Electrolux Group : Electrolux, Zanussi Electrolux-AEG, Tricity-Bendix, Arthur Martin (France), Zoppas, REX-Electrolux as well as own-brand badging operations for major department stores like John Lewis in the UK.

Candy Group: Candy, Hoover, and Rosières Local brands: Iberna, Otsein-Hoover (Spain), Vyatka and Zerowatt focusing on their own country of origin"

B/S/H Group : Bosch, Siemens (main brands) and specialists: Gaggenau, Neff, Thermador, Constructa, Via, Ufesa.
Regionals: Balay, Lynx, Pitsos, Profilo.

The only independent of any scale left is Miele!!

As for front-loaders, they did naturally replace any other design in Europe since the 1970s.