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                                                              James J. Burke
                                                   Standard Motor Products, Inc.
                                                                  (718) 392-0200
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                                                Maximum Marketing Services, Inc.
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                                                   Jennifer.tio@maxmarketing.com


                     STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC. ANNOUNCES
                        SUSPENSION OF QUARTERLY DIVIDEND



New York, NY, January 16, 2009......Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE: SMP),
an automotive replacement parts manufacturer and distributor, announced that its
Board of Directors voted to suspend its quarterly dividend. The next dividend
would otherwise have been payable on March 1st.

Mr. Lawrence I. Sills, Standard Motor Products' Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, commented, "We have approximately $45 million outstanding of our
original $90 million convertible debentures, due in July 2009. We are exploring
various outside financing alternatives to help redeem these, as we concurrently
execute a plan in place to retire the balance through internal cash flow.
Suspension of the dividend is part of that plan."