[1] The sole issue in this appeal is whether a car dealer can maintain an action against the purchaser / hirer based on the sale and purchase agreement between them upon the execution of a hire purchase agreement by the latter with a finance company. The learned Sessions Judge answered the question in the affirmative.

[2] A little background assists in understanding the factual matrix of this appeal. The defendant (the appellant here) and her husband attended the plaintiff's (the respondent here) showroom to buy a new Toyota Camry model 2.0(G) ('the car"). Following a brief discussion with a sales officer there, the defendant agreed to buy the car for the sum of RM 159,800.00 and signed a retail customer order. The defendant agreed to pay a deposit of RM 16,000.00. He was given a rebate