EXHIBIT 23

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Standard Motor Products, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form
S-3 (Nos. 333-103194, 333-79177 and 333-83339) and in the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-58655, 333-51565, 333-51619 and 333-59524) of
Standard Motor Products, Inc. of our report dated March 26, 2004, relating to
the consolidated balance sheet of Standard Motor Products, Inc. and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows and related schedule for each of
the years in the two year period ended December 31, 2003, which report appears
in the December 31, 2003 annual report on Form 10-K of Standard Motor Products,
Inc.

Our report dated March 26, 2004, refers to the Company's adoption of Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
as of January 1, 2002.

                                                         /s/ KPMG LLP



New York, New York
March 31, 2005