I seem to remember these being sold at Home Depot, within the past 10 years.  Weren't available for that long a time.  Even when they were new, while I liked the idea of 'something different' after all of the white-on-white-on-white, I thought this color was unattractive.

lawrence

These were Maytag's last offering of color (other than almond) before the takeover by Whirlpool.  I forget what they called it but it was like a metallic blue finish that sparkled in the light.   This was indeed a Norge-tag Performa badged Maytag machine from the plant in Arkansas.  Plastic basket - not a speck of porcelain inside or out.  Pic is of a Performa money-shot.  While they were cheap and felt like it, they sold at an attractive price-point.  Most didn't make live to the ripe old age of 5 or 6 years before needing to be scrapped.   The Performa dryers were under-powered (4600 watts IIRC) and also rather sad but did usually outlast the washers.

Still, it's a pretty color...

Was actually the SQ design, however MT cheapened it in several ways and they were often noisy and not as solid as SQ dryers.

Greg is correct the washer is the dreaded Norge-Tag.