Originally Posted by creampuff 
Here in Singapore, you can't even find a Nikon D40 or D40X because they have been withdrawn and replaced by the D60. If you can find one, it's old unsold stock. Don't know about you folks in the US or Europe but over here, things move very fast here.
But it would have been better than nothing. They could also have managed a simple sensor swap for the Sony 10Mpix CCD and sell as is... a K100DX or something.
I agree on the facilities limited production, it is indeed problematic.