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Spartan Motors Names New Investor Relations Firm

26 January 1999

Spartan Motors Names New Investor Relations Firm

    CHARLOTTE, Mich., Jan. 26 -- Custom chassis maker Spartan
Motors, Inc. today announced it has named Grand Rapids, Mich.-
based Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc. as its investor relations counsel.
    The Charlotte, Mich.-based manufacturer said it chose Lambert, Edwards &
Associates (LE&A) following a selection process involving five Midwestern
firms.  LE&A will serve as investor relations counsel to Spartan, and will
provide communications and public relations resources to the Company and its
subsidiaries in four states.
    "Lambert, Edwards has extensive knowledge of our industry and proven
experience with small-cap growth companies.  They will be important catalysts
in attracting renewed interest and investment in Spartan Motors," said Spartan
Motors President and Chief Operating Officer John Sztykiel.  "Spartan Motors
has an emerging growth story, and we are confident improved performance,
coupled with a more consistent and proactive investor relations effort, will
allow us to attract new analysts, institutions and individual investors to our
stock."
    Spartan Motors, Inc. (http://www.spartanmotors.com) is a leading developer and
manufacturer of custom chassis for recreational vehicles, fire trucks, transit
buses, tour buses, school buses and other specialty vehicles.  Spartan also
owns three companies that manufacture fire-and-rescue vehicles, Luverne Fire
Apparatus, Quality Manufacturing and Road Rescue, Inc., as well as a majority
stake in Carpenter Industries, Inc., which manufactures school bus bodies.
    Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc. (LE&A) is a public and investor
relations firm that works with publicly traded and privately held companies
throughout the Midwest.  Headquartered in Grand Rapids, LE&A specializes in
working with small- and mid-sized companies in the automotive, consumer
products, financial services, health care, manufacturing and retail
industries.
    The statements contained in this news release include certain predictions
and projections that may be considered forward-looking statements by the
securities laws.  These statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive,
governmental and technological factors affecting the Company's operations,
markets, products, services and prices, and actual results may differ
materially.