[X]  PLEASE MARK VOTES
      AS IN THIS EXAMPLE


                         STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
                                 REVOCABLE PROXY

                         ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

                                  MAY 17, 2001

     The  undersigned   shareholder  of  STANDARD  MOTOR  PRODUCTS,   INC.  (the
"Company")  hereby  appoints  LAWRENCE I. SILLS and JOHN P. GETHIN,  as Proxies,
each with the power to appoint his  substitute,  and hereby  authorizes  them to
represent  and  vote as  designated  on this  Proxy,  all of the  shares  of the
Company's Common Stock held of record by the undersigned on April 6, 2001 at the
annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company to be held on May 17, 2001, or
at any adjournment thereof.

1.   Election of Directors

   Marilyn F. Cragin, Arthur D. Davis, Susan F. Davis, Robert
   M. Gerrity, John L. Kelsey, Kenneth A. Lehman, Arthur S.
   Sills, Lawrence I. Sills, Peter J. Sills, Robert J. Swartz
   and William H. Turner

                                                FOR ALL
                FOR             WITHHOLD        EXCEPT
                [_]               [_]             [_]


INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, mark "For
All Except" and write that nominee's name in the space provided below.


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DIRECTORS     2.   Shareholder  proposal  concerning  preferred  share purchase
RECOMMEND          rights.
"AGAINST"

                        FOR             AGAINST         ABSTAIN
                        [_]               [_]             [_]

3.   In their  discretion,  the Proxies are  authorized  to vote upon such other
     business as may properly come before the meeting.


     THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED, BUT IF NO INSTRUCTIONS ARE SPECIFIED,
THIS  PROXY  WILL BE VOTED  FOR ALL OF THE  NOMINEES  NAMED  ABOVE  AND  AGAINST
PROPOSAL  2. AT THE  PRESENT  TIME,  THE  BOARD OF  DIRECTORS  KNOWS OF NO OTHER
BUSINESS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.


                                       _________________________________________
  Please be sure to sign and date      Date
   this Proxy in the box below.
________________________________________________________________________________



________Stockholder sign above_________Co-holder (if any) sign above____________




 => Detach above card, sign, date and mail in postage paid envelope provided. =>

                          STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
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          THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

     Please sign exactly as your name appears on this card. When shares are held
by joint  tenants,  both  should  sign.  When  signing  as  attorney,  executor,
administrator,  trustee  or  guardian,  please  give  full  title as such.  If a
corporation, please sign in full corporate name by President or other authorized
officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

                               PLEASE ACT PROMPTLY
                     SIGN, DATE & MAIL YOUR PROXY CARD TODAY
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