July 2008: The Panasonic SD-255 breadmaker (left) has swept all before it, winning almost every comparative review going, and selling by the thousand. The demand means the big retailers are constantly running out of stock, leading to rumours that the replacement Panasonic SD-257 breadmaker is imminent. But there's no news at the moment.
Looking at the history of the models from Panasonic, the SD257 is likely to be only an incremental upgrade; and bearing in mind the superb design of the existing model, it's hard to see how Panasonic can make the SD-257 breadmaker a significant improvement over its predecessor.
So keep checking back on this page for updates, but in the meantime, you can safely buy the best-selling Panasonic SD-255 breadmaker in the knowledge that it's going to be the current model for a while longer yet.