<PAGE>



As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 1998
                                                    Registration No. 333-
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                   ------------------------------------------

                                   FORM S-8

                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        Standard Motor Products, Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           New York                           11-1362020
-------------------------------      ------------------------------
 (State or other jurisdiction              (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or                  Identification No.)
        organization)


             37-18 Northern Boulevard, Long Island City, NY 11101
------------------------------------------------------------------
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                      1994 Omnibus Stock Option Plan of
------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Standard Motor Products, Inc.
                           (Full title of the plan)

                              Lawrence I. Sills
                                  President
                        Standard Motor Products, Inc.
                           37-18 Northern Boulevard
                          Long Island City, NY 11101
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                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                (718) 392-0200
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         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

=======================================================================================
<S>              <C>               <C>                <C>                  <C>
Title of                           Proposed maximum   Proposed maximum     Amount of
Securities to    Amount to be      offering price     aggregate            registration
be registered    registered        per share(1)       offering price (1)   fee
=======================================================================================
Common Stock,    600,000 Shares    $23.2812           $13,968,720.00       $4,120.77
$2.00 par value
=======================================================================================

</TABLE>

(1)  Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating  the  registration  fee in
accordance  with  Rules  457(c)  and (h) under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended on the basis of the  average of the high and low prices  reported in the
consolidated reporting system on April 28, 1998.


<PAGE>

                                    PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

            The document(s)  containing  information specified by Part I of this
Form S-8 Registration  Statement (the "Registration  Statement") will be sent or
given to  participants  in the 1994 Omnibus Stock Option Plan of Standard  Motor
Products,  Inc. (the "Plan"), as specified in Rule 428(b)(1)  promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such document(s) are not being filed
with the  Commission but constitute  (along with the documents  incorporated  by
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof),
a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.


<PAGE>


                                   PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

            The following  documents have been filed by Standard Motor Products,
Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Commission  pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange  Act") and are hereby  incorporated  by
reference in this Registration Statement:

            (a)  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1997; and

            (b) All  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Registrant  with the
Commission  pursuant to  Sections  13(a),  13(c),  14, or 15(d) of the 1934 Act,
prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which  indicates  that all
securities  offered  have been sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold,  shall be  deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

            Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

            None.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

            In 1986  various  Sections  of  Article  7 of the New York  Business
Corporation  Law ("BCL") were amended to broaden the  indemnification  rights of
directors,  officers  and  employees.  In 1987 BCL  Section  402(b) was  further
amended to permit a provision to be included in a certificate  of  incorporation
shielding  directors  from  personal  liability  for  breach of their  duties as
directors.  In order to  protect  its  directors,  officers  and  employees,  as
applicable,  to the fullest  extent  permitted  by these  statutory  amendments,
Registrant amended its By-laws and Certificate of Incorporation.

            In general, Registrant's amended By-laws provide that, except to the
extent expressly  prohibited by the BCL,  Registrant shall indemnify each person
made or threatened to be made a party to, or called as a witness in, or asked to
submit  information in, any action or proceeding by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director or officer of  Registrant,  or serves or served,  at
the request of Registrant,  any other entity in any capacity, against judgments,
fines, penalties,  amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including
attorneys' fees,  incurred in connection with such action or proceeding,  or any
appeal  therein.   This  indemnification   requirement  covers  any  pending  or
threatened  action,  proceeding,  hearing  or  investigation,  whether  civil or
criminal, whether judicial, administrative or legislative in nature, and whether
or not in the nature of a direct or shareholders'  derivative  action brought by
or on behalf of Registrant  or any other  corporation  or  enterprise  which the
director or officer of Registrant serves or has served at Registrant's  request.
Registrant's  amended By-laws  prohibit  


                                      II-1

<PAGE>

indemnification if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person
establishes  that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result
of active or deliberate  dishonesty  and were material to the cause of action so
adjudicated,  or that he or she personally  gained in fact a financial profit or
other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. The amended By-laws
further  provide that no  indemnification  shall be required with respect to any
settlement or other  non-adjudicated  disposition  of any  threatened or pending
action or  proceeding  unless  Registrant  has given its prior  consent  to such
settlement or other disposition. Registrant's amended By-laws require Registrant
to  advance  or  promptly   reimburse  upon  request  any  person   entitled  to
indemnification for all expenses, including attorneys' fees, reasonably incurred
in  defending  any action or  proceeding  in  advance  of the final  disposition
thereof  upon receipt of an  undertaking  by such person to repay such amount if
such  person is  ultimately  not to be entitled  to  indemnification;  provided,
however, that such person cooperates with any request by Registrant that counsel
be utilized by the parties to an action or proceeding  similarly situated unless
to do so  would  be  inappropriate  due to  actual  or  potential  conflicts  of
interest.

            Registrant's  Certificate  of  Incorporation  was  amended  to add a
provision  that  the  personal  liability  of the  directors  of  Registrant  be
eliminated  to the fullest  extent  permitted by the  provisions  of BCL Section
402(b).  It was also amended to provide that  Registrant  shall,  to the fullest
extent permitted by Article 7 of the BCL,  indemnify under that statute from and
against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters covered by the
statute,  and the amended provisions of the By-laws,  summarized above,  contain
the detailed terms and conditions under which this  indemnification  requirement
of the Certificate of Incorporation is to be effected.

            Registrant maintains an officers' and directors' liability insurance
policy insuring  Registrant's officers and directors against certain liabilities
and expenses  incurred by them in their  capacities as such. The policy does not
reimburse the  Registrant  for  indemnification  obligations to its officers and
directors.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

            Not Applicable.


                                      II-2

<PAGE>



ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.


EXHIBIT
NUMBER                      DESCRIPTION
-------                     -----------
   4.1     1994  Omnibus  Stock  Option  Plan  of  Standard   Motor
           Products, Inc.
   4.2     The Registrant's  Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
           defining  the rights of holders of the capital  stock of
           the Registrant, dated July 31, 1990
   4.3     The   Registrant's   Certificate  of  Amendment  of  the
           Certificate of Incorporation, dated February 15, 1996
   5       Opinion  of  Kelley  Drye  &  Warren  LLP,   Counsel  to
           Registrant
23.1       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2       Consent  of  Kelley  Drye  &  Warren  LLP  (included  in
           opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
24         Powers of Attorney of Directors and Certain  Officers of
           the Registrant (included on the signature pages hereof)


ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

            THE UNDERSIGNED REGISTRANT HEREBY UNDERTAKES:

            (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective  amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include
any  prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of the  Securities  Act;  (ii) to
reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the  Registration  Statement  (or the most  recent  post-effective  amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing,  any  increase or decrease  in volume of  securities  offered (if the
total  dollar  value of  securities  offered  would not  exceed  that  which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated  maximum
offering  range  may be  reflected  in the  form of  prospectus  filed  with the
Commission  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,  the changes in volume
and the  price  represent  no  more  than a 20  percent  change  in the  maximum
aggregate  offering price set forth in the  "Calculation  of  Registration  Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; and (iii) to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the  Registration  Statement or any material  change to such  information in the
Registration  Statement;  provided,  however, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) do
not  apply  if the  information  required  to be  included  in a  post-effective
amendment by those  subparagraphs  is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement;  provided,  however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)  above do not apply if the  information  required to be
included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those  paragraphs  is  contained in
periodic  reports filed with or furnished 

                                      11-3


<PAGE>


to the Commission by the  Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the  Exchange  Act that  are  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement.

            (2) That,  for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration  Statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

            (3)  To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

            (4) That,  for the purposes of determining  any liability  under the
Securities  Act,  each  filing of the  Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to
Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and where applicable, each filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934
Act), that it is incorporated by reference in the  Registration  Statement shall
be deemed to be a new Registration  Statement relating to the securities offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (5) Insofar as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the Registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions  described in Item 6 of
this Registration Statement, or otherwise,  the Registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Commission such  indemnification  is against public policy
as expressed in the  Securities  Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the
event that a claim for indemnification  against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling  person of the Registrant in the  successful  defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,  officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless
in the  opinion  of its  counsel  the matter  has been  settled  by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification  by it is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in  the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                      11-4

<PAGE>



                                  SIGNATURES


            Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of New  York,  State  of New  York on this  23rd day of
April, 1998.

                                       STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.


                                       By: /S/ DAVID KERNER
                                          --------------------------------------
                                           David Kerner
                                           Treasurer



                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

            Each person whose signature appears below appoints David Kerner, his
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution,  to sign and file with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission,
any  amendments  to  this  Registration   Statement  (including   post-effective
amendments), and generally to do anything else necessary or proper in connection
therewith.

            Pursuant  to  the   requirements   of  the   Securities   Act,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated.

       SIGNATURE               TITLE                              DATE
       ---------               -----                              ----


/S/ LAWRENCE I. SILLS          President, Director and Chief      April 23, 1998
--------------------------       Operating Officer
Lawrence I. Sills              (Principal Executive Officer)


/S/ MICHAEL J. BAILEY          Vice President Finance and Chief   April 23, 1998
--------------------------       Financial Officer
Michael J. Bailey             (Principal Accounting and
                                 Financial Officer)


--------------------------    Co-Chairman, Director               April 23, 1998
Bernard Fife


                                      II-5

<PAGE>



/S/ NATHANIEL L. SILLS         Co-Chairman, Director              April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Nathaniel L. Sills


/S/ MARILYN F. CRAGIN          Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Marilyn F. Cragin


/S/ ARTHUR D. DAVIS            Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Arthur D. Davis


--------------------------     Director                           April 23, 1998
Robert M. Gerrity


/S/ JOHN L. KELSEY             Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
John L. Kelsey


/S/ ANDREW M. MASSIMILLA       Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Andrew M. Massimilla


/S/ ARTHUR S. SILLS            Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Arthur S. Sills


/S/ ROBERT J. SWARTZ           Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Robert J. Swartz


/S/ WILLIAM H. TURNER          Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
William H. Turner


                                      II-6

<PAGE>



                                EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT
NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION
-------                             -----------
   4.1             1994 Omnibus Stock Option Plan of
                   Standard Motor Products, Inc.

   4.2             The Registrant's Restated Certificate of
                   Incorporation, defining the rights of
                   holders of the capital stock of the
                   Registrant, dated July 31, 1990

   4.3             The Registrant's Certificate of
                   Amendment of the Certificate of
                   Incorporation, dated February 15, 1996

   5               Opinion of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP,
                   Counsel to Registrant

23.1               Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP,
                   Independent Auditors

23.2               Consent of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
                   (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5)

24                 Powers of Attorney of Directors and
                   Certain Officers of the Registrant
                   (included on the signature pages hereof)


                                      II-7
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 1998
                                                    Registration No. 333-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                   ------------------------------------------

                                   FORM S-8

                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        Standard Motor Products, Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           New York                           11-1362020
-------------------------------      ------------------------------
 (State or other jurisdiction              (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or                  Identification No.)
        organization)

             37-18 Northern Boulevard, Long Island City, NY 11101
------------------------------------------------------------------
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                      1994 Omnibus Stock Option Plan of
------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Standard Motor Products, Inc.
                           (Full title of the plan)

                              Lawrence I. Sills
                                  President
                        Standard Motor Products, Inc.
                           37-18 Northern Boulevard
                          Long Island City, NY 11101
------------------------------------------------------------------
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                (718) 392-0200
------------------------------------------------------------------
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

=======================================================================================
Title of                           Proposed maximum   Proposed maximum     Amount of
Securities to    Amount to be      offering price     aggregate            registration
be registered    registered        per share(1)       offering price (1)   fee
=======================================================================================
Common Stock,    600,000 Shares    $23.2812           $13,968,720.00       $4,120.77
$2.00 par value
=======================================================================================
(1)  Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating  the  registration  fee in
accordance  with  Rules  457(c)  and (h) under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended on the basis of the  average of the high and low prices  reported in the
consolidated reporting system on April 28, 1998.
PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

            The document(s)  containing  information specified by Part I of this
Form S-8 Registration  Statement (the "Registration  Statement") will be sent or
given to  participants  in the 1994 Omnibus Stock Option Plan of Standard  Motor
Products,  Inc. (the "Plan"), as specified in Rule 428(b)(1)  promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such document(s) are not being filed
with the  Commission but constitute  (along with the documents  incorporated  by
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof),
a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

            The following  documents have been filed by Standard Motor Products,
Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Commission  pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange  Act") and are hereby  incorporated  by
reference in this Registration Statement:

            (a)  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1997; and

            (b) All  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Registrant  with the
Commission  pursuant to  Sections  13(a),  13(c),  14, or 15(d) of the 1934 Act,
prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which  indicates  that all
securities  offered  have been sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold,  shall be  deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

            Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

            None.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

            In 1986  various  Sections  of  Article  7 of the New York  Business
Corporation  Law ("BCL") were amended to broaden the  indemnification  rights of
directors,  officers  and  employees.  In 1987 BCL  Section  402(b) was  further
amended to permit a provision to be included in a certificate  of  incorporation
shielding  directors  from  personal  liability  for  breach of their  duties as
directors.  In order to  protect  its  directors,  officers  and  employees,  as
applicable,  to the fullest  extent  permitted  by these  statutory  amendments,
Registrant amended its By-laws and Certificate of Incorporation.

            In general, Registrant's amended By-laws provide that, except to the
extent expressly  prohibited by the BCL,  Registrant shall indemnify each person
made or threatened to be made a party to, or called as a witness in, or asked to
submit  information in, any action or proceeding by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director or officer of  Registrant,  or serves or served,  at
the request of Registrant,  any other entity in any capacity, against judgments,
fines, penalties,  amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including
attorneys' fees,  incurred in connection with such action or proceeding,  or any
appeal  therein.   This  indemnification   requirement  covers  any  pending  or
threatened  action,  proceeding,  hearing  or  investigation,  whether  civil or
criminal, whether judicial, administrative or legislative in nature, and whether
or not in the nature of a direct or shareholders'  derivative  action brought by
or on behalf of Registrant  or any other  corporation  or  enterprise  which the
director or officer of Registrant serves or has served at Registrant's  request.
Registrant's  amended By-laws  prohibit  

                                      II-1
indemnification if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person
establishes  that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result
of active or deliberate  dishonesty  and were material to the cause of action so
adjudicated,  or that he or she personally  gained in fact a financial profit or
other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. The amended By-laws
further  provide that no  indemnification  shall be required with respect to any
settlement or other  non-adjudicated  disposition  of any  threatened or pending
action or  proceeding  unless  Registrant  has given its prior  consent  to such
settlement or other disposition. Registrant's amended By-laws require Registrant
to  advance  or  promptly   reimburse  upon  request  any  person   entitled  to
indemnification for all expenses, including attorneys' fees, reasonably incurred
in  defending  any action or  proceeding  in  advance  of the final  disposition
thereof  upon receipt of an  undertaking  by such person to repay such amount if
such  person is  ultimately  not to be entitled  to  indemnification;  provided,
however, that such person cooperates with any request by Registrant that counsel
be utilized by the parties to an action or proceeding  similarly situated unless
to do so  would  be  inappropriate  due to  actual  or  potential  conflicts  of
interest.

            Registrant's  Certificate  of  Incorporation  was  amended  to add a
provision  that  the  personal  liability  of the  directors  of  Registrant  be
eliminated  to the fullest  extent  permitted by the  provisions  of BCL Section
402(b).  It was also amended to provide that  Registrant  shall,  to the fullest
extent permitted by Article 7 of the BCL,  indemnify under that statute from and
against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters covered by the
statute,  and the amended provisions of the By-laws,  summarized above,  contain
the detailed terms and conditions under which this  indemnification  requirement
of the Certificate of Incorporation is to be effected.

            Registrant maintains an officers' and directors' liability insurance
policy insuring  Registrant's officers and directors against certain liabilities
and expenses  incurred by them in their  capacities as such. The policy does not
reimburse the  Registrant  for  indemnification  obligations to its officers and
directors.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

            Not Applicable.

                                      II-2
ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                      DESCRIPTION
-------                     -----------
   4.1     1994  Omnibus  Stock  Option  Plan  of  Standard   Motor
           Products, Inc.
   4.2     The Registrant's  Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
           defining  the rights of holders of the capital  stock of
           the Registrant, dated July 31, 1990
   4.3     The   Registrant's   Certificate  of  Amendment  of  the
           Certificate of Incorporation, dated February 15, 1996
   5       Opinion  of  Kelley  Drye  &  Warren  LLP,   Counsel  to
           Registrant
23.1       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2       Consent  of  Kelley  Drye  &  Warren  LLP  (included  in
           opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
24         Powers of Attorney of Directors and Certain  Officers of
           the Registrant (included on the signature pages hereof)

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

            THE UNDERSIGNED REGISTRANT HEREBY UNDERTAKES:

            (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective  amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include
any  prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of the  Securities  Act;  (ii) to
reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the  Registration  Statement  (or the most  recent  post-effective  amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing,  any  increase or decrease  in volume of  securities  offered (if the
total  dollar  value of  securities  offered  would not  exceed  that  which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated  maximum
offering  range  may be  reflected  in the  form of  prospectus  filed  with the
Commission  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,  the changes in volume
and the  price  represent  no  more  than a 20  percent  change  in the  maximum
aggregate  offering price set forth in the  "Calculation  of  Registration  Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; and (iii) to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the  Registration  Statement or any material  change to such  information in the
Registration  Statement;  provided,  however, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) do
not  apply  if the  information  required  to be  included  in a  post-effective
amendment by those  subparagraphs  is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement;  provided,  however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)  above do not apply if the  information  required to be
included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those  paragraphs  is  contained in
periodic  reports filed with or furnished 

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to the Commission by the  Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the  Exchange  Act that  are  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement.

            (2) That,  for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration  Statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

            (3)  To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

            (4) That,  for the purposes of determining  any liability  under the
Securities  Act,  each  filing of the  Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to
Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and where applicable, each filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934
Act), that it is incorporated by reference in the  Registration  Statement shall
be deemed to be a new Registration  Statement relating to the securities offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (5) Insofar as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the Registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions  described in Item 6 of
this Registration Statement, or otherwise,  the Registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Commission such  indemnification  is against public policy
as expressed in the  Securities  Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the
event that a claim for indemnification  against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling  person of the Registrant in the  successful  defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,  officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless
in the  opinion  of its  counsel  the matter  has been  settled  by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification  by it is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in  the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

            Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of New  York,  State  of New  York on this  23rd day of
April, 1998.

                                       STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.

                                       By: /S/ DAVID KERNER
                                          --------------------------------------
                                           David Kerner
                                           Treasurer

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

            Each person whose signature appears below appoints David Kerner, his
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution,  to sign and file with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission,
any  amendments  to  this  Registration   Statement  (including   post-effective
amendments), and generally to do anything else necessary or proper in connection
therewith.

            Pursuant  to  the   requirements   of  the   Securities   Act,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated.

       SIGNATURE               TITLE                              DATE
       ---------               -----                              ----

/S/ LAWRENCE I. SILLS          President, Director and Chief      April 23, 1998
--------------------------       Operating Officer
Lawrence I. Sills              (Principal Executive Officer)

/S/ MICHAEL J. BAILEY          Vice President Finance and Chief   April 23, 1998
--------------------------       Financial Officer
Michael J. Bailey             (Principal Accounting and
                                 Financial Officer)

--------------------------    Co-Chairman, Director               April 23, 1998
Bernard Fife

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/S/ NATHANIEL L. SILLS         Co-Chairman, Director              April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Nathaniel L. Sills

/S/ MARILYN F. CRAGIN          Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Marilyn F. Cragin

/S/ ARTHUR D. DAVIS            Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Arthur D. Davis

--------------------------     Director                           April 23, 1998
Robert M. Gerrity

/S/ JOHN L. KELSEY             Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
John L. Kelsey

/S/ ANDREW M. MASSIMILLA       Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Andrew M. Massimilla

/S/ ARTHUR S. SILLS            Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Arthur S. Sills

/S/ ROBERT J. SWARTZ           Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
Robert J. Swartz

/S/ WILLIAM H. TURNER          Director                           April 23, 1998
--------------------------
William H. Turner

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION
-------                             -----------
   4.1             1994 Omnibus Stock Option Plan of
                   Standard Motor Products, Inc.

   4.2             The Registrant's Restated Certificate of
                   Incorporation, defining the rights of
                   holders of the capital stock of the
                   Registrant, dated July 31, 1990

   4.3             The Registrant's Certificate of
                   Amendment of the Certificate of
                   Incorporation, dated February 15, 1996

   5               Opinion of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP,
                   Counsel to Registrant

23.1               Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP,
                   Independent Auditors

23.2               Consent of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
                   (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5)

24                 Powers of Attorney of Directors and
                   Certain Officers of the Registrant
                   (included on the signature pages hereof)

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