Webcast Alert: Spartan Motors to Announce Third Quarter 2004 Results

CHARLOTTE, Mich., Oct. 14, 2004 -- Spartan Motors, Inc. today announced that it plans to announce its third quarter 2004 results on Oct. 28, 2004 prior to the market opening. The Company also said it will host a webcast on that day at 10 a.m. Eastern to discuss its results:

  What:    Webcast - Spartan Motors, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2004
           Results
  When:    Thursday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. Eastern
  Where:   http://www.spartanmotors.com/webcasts.asp
  How:     Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address
           above
  Replay:  The webcast will be archived at
           http://www.spartanmotors.com/webcasts.asp

  Contact: Jeff Lambert
  Phone:   616-233-0500
  Email:   jlambert@lambert-edwards.com
  Fax:     616-233-0600

  About Spartan Motors

Spartan Motors, Inc. (http://www.spartanmotors.com/ ) designs, engineers and manufactures custom chassis and vehicles for the recreational vehicle, fire truck, ambulance and emergency-rescue markets. The company's brand names -- Spartan(TM), Crimson Fire(TM), Crimson Fire Aerials(TM) and Road Rescue(TM) -- are known in their market niches for quality, value, service and being the first to market with innovative products. Spartan Motors employs approximately 700 at facilities in Michigan, Alabama, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and South Dakota and is publicly traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol SPAR.