Speed Queen has the added advantage of being USA built. They primarily make commercial and institutional machines, but their consumer models are just as strong.
+1 on Speed Queen.
A couple of years ago the control panel on our "modern" washer stopped working. This was after several years of having gray underwear. I did a lot of research trying to find a washing machine that actually washed clothes. Of course, I went to Consumer Reports first. The user reviews of the Consumer Reports' recommended models almost universally panned those models because they did not wash clothes. At the bottom of the CR list, in the "Not Recommended" section, was a Speed Queen (model AWN542). The user reviews were glowing, the primary comment being that it actually washed clothes. I bought one and have been thrilled with it. It has a nice big tub with a huge agitator, mechanical rather than digital controls, and even has a way to increase the water level to whatever you want. It looks like they don't make this model anymore, but the Speed Queen commercial grade washers are worth checking out.
It was this experience that taught me that Consumer Reports has become a political arm of the EPA. They loved all the EPA controlled crap that didn't do the job and hated the one product that actually did do the job because it used too much water. I cancelled my Consumer Reports subscription shortly thereafter.