CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Stockholders and Board of Directors
    STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.

We have issued our reports dated March 10, 2009, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements and schedule and management's assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which reports
express an unqualified opinion and include an explanatory paragraph relating to
the application of FASB Interpretation No. 48 effective January 1, 2007, and the
application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (R) as of
January 1, 2006, and No. 158 as of December 31, 2006) included in the Annual
Report of Standard Motor Products, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2008. We hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference of said reports in the Registration Statements of Standard Motor
Products, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Forms S-8 (File No. 333-134239, effective May
18, 2006, and File No. 333-125600, effective June 7, 2005).


/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

New York, New York
March 10, 2009