EXHIBIT 23.2

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 relating to the registration of 500,000 shares in respect of the 2004
Omnibus Stock Option Plan and 50,000 shares in respect of the 2004 Independent
Directors' Stock Option Plan 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
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New York, New York
June 7, 2005