Colour	Capacity (litres)	Length (cm)	Width (cm)	Height (cm)	No. of Skis
'Titanium metallic' top, black base	390	190 (178 internal)	75 (65 internal)	43 (37 internal)	6 (max 1.8m)

KAMEI makes the best quality boxes on the market. Don't just take our word for it! They're a specialist box manufacturer, Quality Assured to ISO 9001, represented in over 40 countries, with numerous Best Buy awards over the years, including the Auto Express 2006 "Best Buy", awarded to the Delphin 375, one of KAMEI's mid market boxes. And the 'Long Thin' version of this box, the Corvara 310, has just come out top in the German ADAC test of 8 boxes (December 2006); it was the only box which passed their 30km/h city crash test. See test summary. With their innovative and intelligent designs, top quality materials and engineering, and outstanding build quality, it's no surprise that KAMEI are Original Equipment box suppliers to several major manufacturers, including Audi, Mercedes-Benz and VW. And their boxes have the longest guarantee of any manufacturer in the car rack systems sector - 6 years!

The superb Corvara range of boxes was launched earlier this year; it's KAMEI's 'flagship' range, and incorporates the best of their engineering innovations, including their new low profile "push-push" quick fitting system. Both the lid and the base of the Corvara 390 K are styled to integrate with the latest car roof shapes, with minimal front overhang, yet long enough for carving skis while still allowing hatchbacks to be fully opened; it's a great looking box. A bit small at 390 litres? We don't think so, having filled a Thule Atlantis 780 (460 litres, 196 x 78 x 44cm) and then packed the same stuff in the Corvara (190 x 75 x 43cm) with the aim of finding out what's going on here. The Corvara is very differently engineered to the Atlantis, and has smaller internal dimensions, but the experiment proves the point that small increases in size, especially in height, will significantly increase the nominal capacity but not necessarily the real world usefulness.

The central locking system has the benefits of central locking without the potential drawbacks. Turn the key and the lid rises wide on its gas struts, but to close it you just pull the lid until it clicks shut - no need to hold the front and back shut while simultaneously turning the key. And you can’t lock the keys in the box inadvertently because the keys can’t be withdrawn from the lock until the box is properly shut. That's clever engineering...

The box to bars fitting system is extra low profile to maximise the useable space in the box. Push all four U bolts into the guides below the box - they're held in place with special grippers - and then, placing one hand into the box, push the spring loaded tensioning arm up and down a few times - "push, push, push" - to tighten the box onto the bars. It's a one finger operation, strain free!

Some other features:

• Corvaras are made from top quality 'DUROKAM', an ABS plastic developed by KAMEI to optimise weight, stability and impact resistance.
• The shape was refined after wind tunnel testing - the front aerofoil spills the air under the roof bars - and the whole range is TÜV and GS (security) tested and approval.
• This box opens from the left hand side, but a right hand opening version is also available. It's also available in 'black metallic', a deep black gloss, in right hand opening or left hand opening or (cheaper) with a matt silver top, either right hand opening or left hand opening.
• It uses Stabilus gas struts for wide and easy opening and closing.
• There are sliding box to bar fittings at all four fitting points so there’s never a need to drill new holes if the distance between your roof bars is non standard.
• The locking mechanism uses metal components throughout, including the catches in the lid; there are 3 locks and 3 hinges.
• This box comes with fittings to accommodate roof bars up to 44mm wide. If you'll be using aluminium aerobars, or your roof bars are wider than 44mm, you'll also need to purchase one of the adapter sets listed below.
• 6 year guarantee.
• Weight 16kg empty, maximum load 50kg, gross loading limit 66kg.

This season we are offering a free roof box hoist to give you a superb deal. Boxes are bulky items so the ideal place to store them is above your car in the garage, or perhaps in a shed. Many people will leave the box attached to the bars, and also use the box for storage.

If you don't need a box hoist, our alternative gift is a set of 3 Fasty straps - 0.5m, 1.5m and 3.0m. Although of much less financial value they will be useful for 1,001 things, time and again. To order the 3 straps, 'untick' the Free box hoist tick box by clicking in the box, and then tick the Alternative free gift one instead. Please note that these free items are included at 10p for our record keeping purposes only, and that only one box hoist or one set of straps will be included per roof box ordered.