Coachmen RV Company Partners With Lazydays RV SuperCenter

MIDDLEBURY, Ind., May 27, 2004 -- Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Company, a subsidiary of Coachmen Industries , announced today that Lazydays RV SuperCenter, the nation's number one RV dealership, has joined the Coachmen Team as a full-line Coachmen RV dealer. According to Michael R. Terlep, President of Coachmen RV Company and Coachmen Industries' RV Group, Lazydays will offer Coachmen(R) travel trailers, fifth wheel trailers, class A and class C motorhomes as well as Coachmen's Sportscoach(R) line of rear diesel motorhomes.

"We are extremely pleased to be joining forces with Lazydays," noted Terlep. "Lazydays RV SuperCenter has truly earned its place as the nation's largest single-point dealership due to its professionalism, commitment to customer satisfaction, and outstanding facilities and staff, and we are proud to be affiliated with their organization."

"We are very excited about the addition of the Coachmen product lines and the opportunities that they represent," said Don Wallace, Founder and CEO of Lazydays. "The addition of these product lines is an important part of our strategy to serve key markets and achieve our goal of $1 billion in annual revenue."

Founded in 1976, Lazydays is located in Seffner, Fla., just east of Tampa. The dealership occupies 140 acres with an 83,000 sq. ft. main building, 1,200 RV display sites, 273 service bays and 300 RV campsites. The facility also has a 40,000 sq. ft. Camping World store, a Cracker Barrel Restaurant and a Flying J RV Travel Plaza. With the addition of Coachmen, Lazydays represents 18 manufacturer brands and sells 165 models of new RVs.

"Lazydays and Coachmen have similar business philosophies, which means Lazydays is driven to provide value to their customers. They also have a renowned reputation for the complete value package they provide after the sale," said Lawton Tinley, General Manager of Coachmen RV Company's Fitzgerald, Ga.-based production facility, which will produce most of the travel trailers and fifth wheels purchased by Lazydays. "We're delighted to have them as a dealer."

Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Company, LLC markets travel trailers, fifth wheel trailers, class A and class C motorhomes. A subsidiary of Elkhart, Indiana-based Coachmen Industries, Inc., Coachmen RV Company was founded in 1964 in Middlebury, Ind., where its headquarters and largest manufacturing facility are located. A manufacturing site is also located in Fitzgerald, Ga. WALT DISNEY WORLD(R) Resort has designated Coachmen as the official recreational vehicle of Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground and Disney's Wide World of Sports(TM) complex in Florida. Coachmen can be seen on the Discovery Channel's hit television series, Monster House.

Coachmen Industries, Inc., now celebrating its 40th anniversary, is one of America's leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles with well-known brand names including COACHMEN(R), GEORGIE BOY(TM), SPORTSCOACH(R) and VIKING(R). The Company's subsidiary, ALL AMERICAN HOMES(R), is the nation's largest producer of systems-built modular homes. Coachmen Industries is also a major builder of commercial structures with its ALL AMERICAN BUILDING SYSTEMS(TM) and MILLER BUILDING SYSTEMS(TM) products. Prodesign, LLC is a subsidiary that produces custom composite and thermoformed plastic parts for numerous industries under the PRODESIGN(R) brand. Coachmen Industries, Inc. is a publicly held company with stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker COA.