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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Standard Motor Products, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated February 24, 2003, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Standard Motor Products, Inc. and subsidiaries as
of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three year period ended December 31, 2002, incorporated herein by
reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading 'Experts' in the
prospectus.

Our report dated February 24, 2003 refers to the Company's adoption of Emerging
Issues Task Force Issue No. 01-9, Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor
to a Customer (Including a Reseller of the Vendor's Products) and Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets as
of January 1, 2002. Our report also indicates that the consolidated financial
statements referred to above have been revised to account for the loss on early
extinguishment of debt in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of
FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections, which was adopted by the
Company as of January 1, 2003.

/s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York
June 18, 2003




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