You can use some Javascript to trigger the click. For example:
$('.product-thumb').click(function(event) {
var product_link = $(this).find('product-thumb-primary a');
// Don't trigger a click on the existing link
if(!event.target.href && product_link.length) {
document.location.href = product_link.attr('href');
}
});
Un-tested but that’s the basic logic.