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>>169455 We are nontypical. The majority of D40 purchasers were never going to buy another lens, and of the remaining small percentage who were, they were going to get a 55-200 VR or 18-200 VR and that's it.
As such, leaving out the AF motor let them price the D40 kit slightly below the Rebel XT kit.
Sucks for those of you who shelled out $500+ for a camera without doing your appropriate due diligence and now find yourself with an SLR that won't autofocus with a large percentage of the current lens lineup, but I'd wager those people are thinking "Man, the D40 sucks. I'm going to buy a D80 as soon as I have enough money..." rather than "Man, the D40 sucks. I'm going to buy a Canon as soon as I have enough money..."
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