For car roof-top box manufacturer Thule, April 2011’s sales of the company’s iconic product amounted to the business’s second-best month ever. The best-ever month? July 2008, just as the British economy was sliding into what turned out to be the deepest recession for 60 years.

For car roof-top box manufacturer Thule, April 2011’s sales of the company’s iconic product amounted to the business’s second-best month ever. The best-ever month? July 2008, just as the British economy was sliding into what turned out to be the deepest recession for 60 years.