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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): OCTOBER 30, 2008



                          STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



           NEW YORK                      1-4743                 11-1362020
        (State or Other         (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employee
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)                            Identification Number)



           37-18 NORTHERN BOULEVARD, LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK 11101
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)



        Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: 718-392-0200




                                 NOT APPLICABLE
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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ITEM 2.02.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

         On October 30, 2008, Standard Motor Products, Inc. (the "Company")
issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months and
nine months ended September 30, 2008. A copy of such press release is attached
as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

         The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall
not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filing.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (c) Exhibits.

99.1         Press release dated October 30, 2008 announcing
             Standard Motor Products, Inc.'s financial results for
             the three months and nine months ended September 30,
             2008.



                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                      STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.


                                      By: /s/ James J. Burke
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                                          James J. Burke
                                          Vice President Finance,
                                          Chief Financial Officer

Date: October 30, 2008






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT NO.            DESCRIPTION
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99.1                   Press release dated October 30, 2008 announcing Standard
                       Motor Products, Inc.'s financial results for the three
                       months and nine months ended September 30, 2008.