Thor Ranked High in Category in Fortune 1000 Ranking

JACKSON CENTER, Ohio, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thor Industries, Inc. announced today that Fortune magazine (April 30, 2007) ranked Thor 1st out of 28 companies in the Motor Vehicles & Parts industry in Earnings Per Share growth (26% average) over 10 years, 1996 through 2006, as well as 1st in profits as a percentage of total assets (17%). Thor was ranked 2nd out of the 28 companies in average total return to investors over ten years (27%), 2nd in 2006 profit as a percentage of stockholders equity (24%) and 2nd in profit growth from 2005 to 2006 (15%). Thor is now ranked 643 in Fortune's 1000 listing.

"Thor's superior long term record of delivering shareholder value has once again been recognized," said Wade F. B. Thompson, Thor Chairman. "We are proud to have achieved this ranking by Fortune magazine."

Thor is the world's largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and a major builder of commercial buses.

This release includes "forward looking statements" that involve uncertainties and risks. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from the Company's expectations. Factors which could cause materially different results include, among others, the success of new product introductions, the pace of acquisitions and cost structure improvements, competitive and general economic conditions, and the other risks set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.