Webcast Alert: Spartan Motors, Inc. Announces Third-Quarter Results Webcast

October 18, 2002 at 12:00 AM EDT

CHARLOTTE, Mich., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAR) announces the following webcast:

  What:     Third-Quarter Results Webcast for Spartan Motors, Inc.

  When:     10/24/02 @ 10:00 a.m. Eastern

  Where:    http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz368377811gf12.html

  How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the
            address above.

  Contact:  Jeff Lambert of Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc.,
            +1-616-233-0500, mail@lambert-edwards.com

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.spartanmotors.com/ .

Spartan Motors, Inc. (www.spartanmotors.com ) is a leading developer and manufacturer of custom chassis for motorhomes, fire trucks, ambulances and other specialty vehicles. The Company also owns three fire and rescue vehicle manufacturers, Luverne Fire Apparatus and Quality Manufacturing, and ambulance maker Road Rescue, Inc.

(Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/EN/default.asp and at least a 28.8Kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the broadcast, send an email to webcastsupport@tfprn.com .)

Audio: http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz368377811gf12.html

Source: Spartan Motors, Inc.

CONTACT: Jeff Lambert of Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc.,
+1-616-233-0500, mail@lambert-edwards.com , for Spartan Motors, Inc.

Web site: http://www.spartanmotors.com/