SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549-1004





                                    FORM 8-K
                    CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



          Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported) January 13, 2000
                                  ----------------




                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
                   -----------------------------------------------------
                   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




      STATE OF DELAWARE                 1-143                 38-0572515
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(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                                        Identification No.)




100 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                 48265-1000
-----------------------------------------                 ----------
  (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)







Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (313)-556-5000
                                                         --------------























ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     On January 13, 2000, General Motors Corporation's  (GM) subisidary,  Hughes
Electronics  Corporation  (Hughes),  issued a press release which announced that
The Boeing Company will acquire the Hughes satellite systems businesses. Hughes'
press release is included as Exhibit 99.1.  Hughes' third quarter 1999 financial
statements and Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition and
Results of  Operations,  which were  included as Exhibit 99 to the GM  Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, have been restated
to reflect the satellite systems  businesses as discontinued  operations and are
included in this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.3. The satellite systems  businesses are
not  considered   discontinued   operations  for  GM's  consolidated   financial
statements as this does not reflect a segment of GM's operations.



            Exhibit 99.1 Hughes' press release dated January 13, 2000

            Exhibit 99.2 GM's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
                         quarter ended September 30, 1999

            Exhibit 99.3 Hughes' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
                         quarter ended September 30, 1999




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                                    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.



                                          GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
                                          ------------------------------
                                                   (Registrant)


Date      February 18, 2000
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                                          By
                                          /s/  Peter R. Bible
                                          ------------------------------
                                          (Peter R. Bible,
                                           Chief Accounting Officer)
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

                                    FORM 8-K
                    CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

          Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported) January 13, 2000
                                  ----------------

                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
                   -----------------------------------------------------
                   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      STATE OF DELAWARE                 1-143                 38-0572515
----------------------------   -----------------------    -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                                        Identification No.)

100 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                 48265-1000
-----------------------------------------                 ----------
  (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (313)-556-5000
                                                         --------------

ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     On January 13, 2000, General Motors Corporation's  (GM) subisidary,  Hughes
Electronics  Corporation  (Hughes),  issued a press release which announced that
The Boeing Company will acquire the Hughes satellite systems businesses. Hughes'
press release is included as Exhibit 99.1.  Hughes' third quarter 1999 financial
statements and Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition and
Results of  Operations,  which were  included as Exhibit 99 to the GM  Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, have been restated
to reflect the satellite systems  businesses as discontinued  operations and are
included in this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.3. The satellite systems  businesses are
not  considered   discontinued   operations  for  GM's  consolidated   financial
statements as this does not reflect a segment of GM's operations.

            Exhibit 99.1 Hughes' press release dated January 13, 2000

            Exhibit 99.2 GM's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
                         quarter ended September 30, 1999

            Exhibit 99.3 Hughes' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
                         quarter ended September 30, 1999

                                   * * * * * *

                                    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.

                                          GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
                                          ------------------------------
                                                   (Registrant)

Date      February 18, 2000
          -----------------

                                          By
                                          /s/  Peter R. Bible
                                          ------------------------------
                                          (Peter R. Bible,
                                           Chief Accounting Officer)