Exhibit 23.1

The Board of Directors
The CIT Group, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated January 25, 2001, except as to Note
25, which is as of March 13, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of CIT Delaware and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2000, incorporated by reference in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 of The CIT Group, Inc., which report appears in the December 31,
2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K of CIT Delaware, which is also incorporated by
reference herein, and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts"
in the Registration Statement.

Short Hills, New Jersey                          /s/ KPMG LLP
August 7, 2001