Spartan Motors Authorizes Stock Repurchase

CHARLOTTE, Michigan, July 26, 2007 - Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) today announced it has received authorization from its board of directors to repurchase up to 1 million shares, or approximately 3 percent of its outstanding common stock.

The Charlotte, Mich.-based manufacturer of custom motorhome chassis, fire truck chassis and emergency-rescue vehicles reported its board of directors approved the buyback to allow the Company to purchase common stock in open-market transactions over the next 12 months.  Spartan Motors reported 32.95 million shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2007. 

"This move underscores the board's confidence in the underlying value of Spartan Motors and our significant long-term earnings potential," said John Sztykiel, president and CEO of Spartan Motors. "We believe our stock is undervalued based on our record second quarter results and backlog, coupled with our momentum in our specialty and military business, and we view this buy back as a great investment in driving shareholder value."

About Spartan Motors
Spartan Motors, Inc. (www.spartanmotors.com) designs, engineers and manufactures custom chassis and vehicles for the recreational vehicle, fire truck, ambulance, emergency-rescue and specialty vehicle markets. The Company's brand names - Spartan^TM, Crimson Fire^TM, Crimson Fire Aerials^TM, and Road Rescue^TM - are known for quality, value, service and being the first to market with innovative products. The Company employs approximately 1,300 at facilities in Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and South Dakota. Spartan reported sales of $445 million in 2006 and is focused on becoming the premier manufacturer of specialty vehicles and chassis in North America.

This release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements concerning our business, future plans and objectives and the performance of our products. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that ultimately may not prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Technical complications may arise that could prevent the prompt implementation of the plans outlined above. The company cautions that these forward-looking statements are further qualified by other factors including, but not limited to, those set forth in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filing and other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (available at http://www.sec.gov). Government contracts and subcontracts typically involve long payment and purchase cycles, competitive bidding, qualification requirements, delays or changes in funding, extensive specification development and changes, price negotiations and milestone requirements. An announced award of a governmental contract is not equivalent to a finalized executed contract and does not assure that orders will be issued and filled. Government agencies also often retain some portion of fees payable upon completion of a project and collection of contract fees may be delayed for long periods, which can negatively impact both prime contractors and subcontractors. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any statements in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law

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