Re: What dishwasher to buy?
Stick to German brands like Bosch, Siemens, Neff and Miele.
Avoid the Italian sourced machines (almost all others).
DO NOT touch Chinese-built machines with a barge-pole (usually electrical stores own brand names, and occasionally sold as a well-known table-top mixer brand, as they have design problems. They also tend to be the amongst the cheapest on sale.
I was in B&Q the other day, and spied a Bosch “Classixx” bottom-of-the-range machine. It appeared not to be made in Germany, (possibly somewhere else in Europe), but will probably still have the 2-year Guarantee (as long as you post off the guarantee card).