EXHIBIT 23


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Standard Motor Products, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No.'s
33-58655, 333-51565 and 333-51619) on Form S-8 of Standard Motor Products, Inc.
of our reports dated March 2, 1999 relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Standard Motor Products, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and
1997, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
stockholders' equity, and cash flows and related schedule for each of the years
in the three year period ended December 31, 1998, which reports appear in the
December 31, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K of Standard Motor Products, Inc.


                                                                 KPMG LLP

New York, New York
March 30, 1999



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