Speaking from an EU/UK perspective, I've been really impressed with the AEG goods I've been buying recently, fantastic spares availability (I've been buying shipping damaged items) and good construction practices.

Our LG Direct Drive washing machine is now 7 years old and showing no signs of giving up, we currently run it 5 nights a week as our daughter is in cloth nappies. The only thing wrong with it from a design perspective is the use of spring washers as anti vibration fixings - an easy fix when they went wrong but an own goal from their design department!

Bosch also very good, probably my favourite appliances to work on (just slightly behind AEG because spares availability to the consumer is sometimes limited) - easy access, good spares (mostly), good design.

Absolutely avoid Hotpoint (and anything Whirlpool group), absolutely the worst for reliability and repair, spares availability poor, sharp edges all over the place.