AMENDMENT TO SEVERANCE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

                                    AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                        SEVERANCE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

      This AMENDMENT (this "Amendment") is entered into as of this 15th day of
December, 2008 by and between STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC. (the "Corporation"),
and JAMES BURKE.

      WHEREAS, the Corporation and you are parties to that certain Severance
Compensation Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2001 (the "Agreement"), in
which you are entitled to severance compensation under certain circumstances in
the event of a Change in Control of the Corporation; and

      WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to comply with Section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code on the terms and conditions hereafter set
forth.

      NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

      1. Definitions. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

      2. Amendments to Agreement. The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

      (a) The definition of "Good Reason for Resignation" contained in Section
1.c. of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety to read as
follows:

            "c. "GOOD REASON FOR RESIGNATION" shall mean, without your express
      written consent, and subject to the notice and cure period described
      below, any of the following:

            (i)   a material change in your authority within the Corporation,
                  which does not represent a promotion, immediately prior to a
                  Change in Control of the Corporation;

            (ii)  a material reduction in the level of your reporting
                  responsibility as it existed immediately prior to a Change in
                  Control of the Corporation;

            (iii) a material diminution of duties or responsibilities which is
                  inconsistent with your status or position with the Corporation
                  in effect immediately prior to a Change in Control of the
                  Corporation;

            (iv)  a material diminution in the budget over which you have
                  authority, other than due to economic or business conditions
                  which existed prior to a Change in Control of the Corporation;
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            (v)   a material reduction by the Corporation in the annual rate of
                  your base salary as in effect immediately prior to the date of
                  a Change in Control of the Corporation or as the same may be
                  increased from time to time thereafter;

            (vi)  the Corporation requiring you to be based outside of a fifteen
                  (15) mile radius from where your office is located immediately
                  prior to a Change in Control of the Corporation (provided the
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