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) July 25, 2000
                                  ----------------




                         HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




      STATE OF DELAWARE               0-26035                 52-1106564
----------------------------   -----------------------    -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation or organization)   File Number)         Identification No.)




                          200 North Sepulveda Boulevard
                          El Segundo, California 90245
                         -------------------------------
                                 (310) 662-9688
                                ----------------
       (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
                code, of registrants' principal executive office)























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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

      On July 25, 2000, Hughes  Electronics  Corporation  (Hughes) issued a news
release  announcing that Hughes would appeal a United States District Court jury
$133 million  verdict  against  Hughes and its DIRECTV  subsidiary  related to a
lawsuit  involving  General  Electric  Capital  Corporation.  The  release is as
follows:


                       HUGHES WILL APPEAL LAWSUIT VERDICT

      EL SEGUNDO,  Calif., July 25, 2000 -- Hughes Electronics Corporation today
announced that it would appeal a United States  District Court jury verdict in a
breach of contract  lawsuit  involving a failed consumer  financing  program for
satellite receiving systems.

      A  District  Court jury in  Connecticut  Friday  returned  a $133  million
verdict against  California-based  Hughes and its DIRECTV subsidiary in a nearly
3-year-old  lawsuit involving General Electric Capital  Corporation of Stamford,
Connecticut.

      "We are very  disappointed  in the verdict  and do not believe  that it is
supported at all by the facts. We will vigorously  appeal and are confident that
the verdict will be overturned,"  said Robert M. Hall, senior vice president and
General Counsel of DIRECTV Enterprises,  Inc. "We are convinced that a number of
issues decided before and during the trial affected our presentation to the jury
and caused them to render a verdict that is not consistent  with the law and the
facts, and will not be upheld on appeal."

      Hughes  does  not  believe  that the  litigation  will  ultimately  have a
material adverse impact on Hughes' results of operations or financial position.

      DIRECTV in 1995 retained GE Capital to establish,  administer and manage a
consumer-financing  program for the purchase of DIRECTV satellite  entertainment
systems and related video equipment and services.

      The program,  called EZ Approval, ran from March 1996 through August 1996.
DIRECTV and Hughes had agreed to reimburse GE Capital if consumers  defaulted on
their loans through the program.  Losses under the program were much higher than
expected, and DIRECTV contends the losses were caused by GE Capital's failure to
perform.

      GE Capital on Sept. 5, 1997 filed a $157 million  lawsuit  against DIRECTV
and Hughes to recover its  losses.  DIRECTV  filed  counterclaims  totaling  $45
million against GE Capital alleging that GE Capital fraudulently induced DIRECTV
to enter into the program agreement by misrepresenting  its abilities to provide
accurate credit scores for loan applicants and other services.

      Hughes  Electronics is the world's leading provider of digital  television
entertainment, satellite services and satellite-based private business networks,
and is a unit of General Motors Corporation.  The earnings on Hughes are used to
calculate  the earnings  per share  attributable  to the General  Motors Class H
common stock (NYSE:GMH).


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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.


                                          HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
                                          ------------------------------
                                                  (Registrant)



                                       By
Date July 26, 2000                     /s/Roxanne S. Austin
     ----------------                  -----------------------------------
                                       (Roxanne S. Austin,
                                        Chief Financial 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) July 25, 2000
                                  ----------------

                         HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      STATE OF DELAWARE               0-26035                 52-1106564
----------------------------   -----------------------    -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation or organization)   File Number)         Identification No.)

                          200 North Sepulveda Boulevard
                          El Segundo, California 90245
                         -------------------------------
                                 (310) 662-9688
                                ----------------
       (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
                code, of registrants' principal executive office)

                                      - 1 -

ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

      On July 25, 2000, Hughes  Electronics  Corporation  (Hughes) issued a news
release  announcing that Hughes would appeal a United States District Court jury
$133 million  verdict  against  Hughes and its DIRECTV  subsidiary  related to a
lawsuit  involving  General  Electric  Capital  Corporation.  The  release is as
follows:

                       HUGHES WILL APPEAL LAWSUIT VERDICT

      EL SEGUNDO,  Calif., July 25, 2000 -- Hughes Electronics Corporation today
announced that it would appeal a United States  District Court jury verdict in a
breach of contract  lawsuit  involving a failed consumer  financing  program for
satellite receiving systems.

      A  District  Court jury in  Connecticut  Friday  returned  a $133  million
verdict against  California-based  Hughes and its DIRECTV subsidiary in a nearly
3-year-old  lawsuit involving General Electric Capital  Corporation of Stamford,
Connecticut.

      "We are very  disappointed  in the verdict  and do not believe  that it is
supported at all by the facts. We will vigorously  appeal and are confident that
the verdict will be overturned,"  said Robert M. Hall, senior vice president and
General Counsel of DIRECTV Enterprises,  Inc. "We are convinced that a number of
issues decided before and during the trial affected our presentation to the jury
and caused them to render a verdict that is not consistent  with the law and the
facts, and will not be upheld on appeal."

      Hughes  does  not  believe  that the  litigation  will  ultimately  have a
material adverse impact on Hughes' results of operations or financial position.

      DIRECTV in 1995 retained GE Capital to establish,  administer and manage a
consumer-financing  program for the purchase of DIRECTV satellite  entertainment
systems and related video equipment and services.

      The program,  called EZ Approval, ran from March 1996 through August 1996.
DIRECTV and Hughes had agreed to reimburse GE Capital if consumers  defaulted on
their loans through the program.  Losses under the program were much higher than
expected, and DIRECTV contends the losses were caused by GE Capital's failure to
perform.

      GE Capital on Sept. 5, 1997 filed a $157 million  lawsuit  against DIRECTV
and Hughes to recover its  losses.  DIRECTV  filed  counterclaims  totaling  $45
million against GE Capital alleging that GE Capital fraudulently induced DIRECTV
to enter into the program agreement by misrepresenting  its abilities to provide
accurate credit scores for loan applicants and other services.

      Hughes  Electronics is the world's leading provider of digital  television
entertainment, satellite services and satellite-based private business networks,
and is a unit of General Motors Corporation.  The earnings on Hughes are used to
calculate  the earnings  per share  attributable  to the General  Motors Class H
common stock (NYSE:GMH).

                                     ###

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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.

                                          HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
                                          ------------------------------
                                                  (Registrant)

                                       By
Date July 26, 2000                     /s/Roxanne S. Austin
     ----------------                  -----------------------------------
                                       (Roxanne S. Austin,
                                        Chief Financial Officer)

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