EXHIBIT 23.2

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
CIT Group Inc.

      We consent to the  incorporation  by reference in Registration  Statements
No. 33-85224, No. 333-22283,  No. 333-43323,  No. 333-64539,  No. 333-64529, No.
333-73255,  No.  333-49276,  No.  333-53688 and No. 333-62540 on Form S-3 of CIT
Group Inc.  (formerly The CIT Group, Inc.) of our report dated January 25, 2001,
relating to the  consolidated  statements  of income,  changes in  shareholders'
equity and cash flows of The CIT Group, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended
December 31, 2000,  which report appears in the  Transition  Report on Form 10-K
for the transition period from October 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002 of CIT Group
Inc.

KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
February 26, 2003