EXHIBIT 23


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



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 February 23, 2001, except as to the second and third
paragraphs of note 7, which are as of March 14, 2001, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Standard Motor Products, Inc. and subsidiaries as
of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of
earnings, changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows and related schedule
for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2000, which
reports appear in the December 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Standard
Motor Products, Inc.


                                                                   KPMG LLP

New York, New York
March 29, 2001