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) April 27, 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.)




300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                    48265-3000
--------------------------------------------                 ----------
  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)







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


















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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     On April 27, 2000,  General Motors  Corporation's  (GM) subsidiary,  Hughes
Electronics  Corporation  (Hughes),  issued a press release announcing  upcoming
Two-Way DirecPC Satellite Internet Access. The release is as follows:


          Hughes Network Systems Announces Upcoming Two-Way DirecPC
                            Satellite Internet Access

  DirecPC Two-Way Service Also to be Offered as DIRECTV Broadband Satellite
                                   Service

Germantown,  MD,  USA,  27 April  2000 --  Continuing  its  theme  of  Broadband
Everywhere(R)  the  company  that  pioneered   broadband  Internet  service  via
satellite today announced plans to market a two-way broadband  satellite service
to  consumers.  Hughes  Network  Systems  (HNS),  a unit of  Hughes  Electronics
Corporation,   will  add  two-way  capabilities  to  its  nationwide  high-speed
satellite  Internet  service,  DirecPC(R),  early in the fourth  quarter of this
year.  The new service will be marketed  through the more than 26,000 retail and
distribution  outlets  currently  carrying  Hughes products and services such as
DIRECTV  services and HNS  receivers.  Offering  always-on  capability,  the new
two-way  high-speed  satellite service allows consumers to completely bypass the
dial-up telephone network and land-based choke points on the Internet.

"DirecPC  makes truly  universal  broadband  access a reality for  consumers and
enterprises  alike," said Pradman Kaul,  chairman and CEO, HNS. "With the launch
of the new two way DirecPC Service  consumers  throughout the United States will
now have access to  broadband  internet  services.  We are also  deploying  this
technology to customers  throughout the world. A recent example is S Kumars.com,
an Internet kiosk operator that has purchased  50,000 DirecPC  terminals for use
throughout  India,  making this the largest single purchase of two-way satellite
terminals ever. With broadband satellite services we can deliver applications to
suit the needs of the Web-centric user everywhere."

"While other  companies may have  announced  plans to launch  two-way  satellite
services  for the  consumer,  only HNS has the  track  record.  Through  DirecPC
services, HNS has years of experience meeting the needs of consumers, SOHOs, and
enterprises,  " said  Paul  Gaske,  executive  vice  president  of the  Consumer
Division  at HNS.  "In  addition,  HNS has  unrivalled  experience  in the  mass
manufacture  of consumer  products  having  built four  million  DIRECTV  System
receivers and DirecPC terminals.  With established  distribution  channels,  and
customer support  services;  as well as Internet partners such as America Online
we will continue to lead the broadband  satellite  Internet  services  market by
providing consumers with innovative new products and services."

Consumer and Enterprise Offerings
For  consumers  the  upstream  speed for the new  service is  anticipated  to be
between  128Kbps and 256kbps and the  downstream  will be at speeds over 40Mbps,
supporting  bursts up to 400 Kbps for each user.  The new two way terminal  will
support small office/home  office (SOHO) and enterprise  applications such as IP
multicasting and content  delivery.  Two-way DirecPC will also be offered with a
DirecDuo antenna system,  allowing consumers to receive both DirecPC and DIRECTV
on the same antenna.

The company expects that the new two-way services will be competitive with cable
and DSL broadband services, and will announce pricing,  availability and service
plans later this year.


                                      - 2 -

The two-way  DirecPC  product will require an antenna to enable  transmission to
the DirecPC  satellites and will use an external device connected via a USB port
to the  PC.  The  two-way  version  of  DirecPC  will  operate  on  the  current
medium-power  Ku-band  satellites  operated by  PanAmSat,  which is 81% owned by
Hughes  Electronics.  A program enabling existing DirecPC subscribers to upgrade
to two-way by adding the additional equipment will be announced later this year.

DIRECTV to Sell Broadband
The new  two-way  DirecPC  will also be  offered  by  DIRECTV  as an  integrated
broadband  service  in  conjunction  with  its  industry-leading   entertainment
services.  DIRECTV  will  now be  able  to  enhance  its  popular  entertainment
programming  packages with the addition of broadband  services  through DirecPC.
Using the  DirecDuo  antenna,  consumers  will  receive the new DirecPC  service
delivered to their desktop  computers  while  simultaneously  receiving  DIRECTV
service through a set-top box to their televisions.

"Adding the two-way  DirecPC  capability to the  DIRECTV(R)  service is a direct
response  to  consumer  demand  for  integrated  entertainment  and  information
products and services," said Eddy W.  Hartenstein,  corporate  senior  executive
vice  president,  Hughes Consumer  Sector.  "Our goal is to provide the consumer
with the most convenient and best in-home entertainment and information services
available.  Initially,  we will do this by offering two-way  broadband  Internet
services  delivered via satellite  modem in  combination  with DIRECTV  services
delivered via set-top box -- both using the DirecDuo single  antenna.  This will
enable our customers to add  broadband  services  while  continuing to use their
existing  set-top boxes to receive their DIRECTV  service.  We believe this will
appeal to many of our 8.3 million existing  customers,  and will be an incentive
for new customers."

Spaceway Plans
"Our new two-way  service  will be the next step  toward  DirecPC  products  and
services  that will  operate on the  Spaceway  satellite  platform;  an advanced
generation of ultrahigh-speed satellites in the Ka band to be deployed in 2003,"
noted Gaske.

AOL Plans
The two-way product and service will also offer new  capabilities to support the
announced AOL Plus Powered by DirecPC service.  "We're very pleased to work with
Hughes  to  bring  this  enhanced   platform  to  AOL  members  using  satellite
technology,  enabling them to enjoy the benefits of AOL Plus enhanced multimedia
content  and  features  via  DirecPC,"  said  Barry  Schuler,   President,   AOL
Interactive  Services Group. "This will be another extension of our AOL Anywhere
strategy,  making our  features and  services  available  across a wide range of
devices and platforms."

About DIRECTV
DIRECTV is the world's largest direct-to-home  provider of digital entertainment
programming.  DIRECTV has more than 8.3 million customers  worldwide,  including
customers of PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV, and in 1999 acquired a record 1.6 million net
new  customers in the United  States,  a 39-percent  increase  over the previous
record year of 1998. In the first quarter of 2000,  DIRECTV acquired 405,000 net
new customers - a new record that  represents a 33-percent  increase in customer
acquisition over the previous record first quarter in 1999.






                                      - 3 -

About Hughes Network Systems
A world leader in providing  wireless  broadband  solutions for  businesses  and
consumers,  Hughes Network Systems (HNS) is a unit of Hughes  Electronics.  With
its award-winning  DirecPC suite of products and services,  its new DirecWay(TM)
service for enterprises,  and its AIReach(TM)  Broadband  products,  HNS enables
high-speed  digital  services and  convergence  products  based on satellite and
wireless  technologies.  Through its  alliance  with  America  Online,  Inc. and
DIRECTV,  HNS has established a leadership position in providing enhanced TV and
interactive  services  in  addition  to its role as a  leading  manufacturer  of
set-top  receivers.  Headquartered  in  Germantown,  MD, HNS is the global  VSAT
market  leader  with  sales of over  300,000  VSAT  terminals  and has sales and
support offices  worldwide.  For more information,  please visit the Web site at
www.hns.com.

The earnings of Hughes Electronics,  a unit of General Motors  Corporation,  are
used to  calculate  the earnings per share  attributable  to the General  Motors
Class H common stock (NYSE:GMH).

Hughes Network Systems: The Broadband Company Bringing You Broadband
Everywhere(TM)

                                    # # #

DIRECTV and DIRECTV  PLUS are  trademarks  of  DIRECTV,  Inc.,  a unit of Hughes
Electronics Corporation.  DirecDuo, and DirecPC are trademarks of Hughes Network
Systems, a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation.  All other trademarks are the
properties of their respective owners.

      From 1:00 p.m.  to 2:00 p.m.  EST there will be a call-in  forum for media
wishing to ask questions relating to this announcement. Please register with the
contacts  listed below,  or call  1-800-700-7860  during the conference  call in
time.  (If you are  calling  from  outside  the  U.S.  or  Canada,  please  call
612-332-0418.)


                                 * * * * * *



                                    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    April 27, 2000
        -----------------
                                            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) April 27, 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.)

300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                    48265-3000
--------------------------------------------                 ----------
  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

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

                                      - 1 -
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     On April 27, 2000,  General Motors  Corporation's  (GM) subsidiary,  Hughes
Electronics  Corporation  (Hughes),  issued a press release announcing  upcoming
Two-Way DirecPC Satellite Internet Access. The release is as follows:

          Hughes Network Systems Announces Upcoming Two-Way DirecPC
                            Satellite Internet Access

  DirecPC Two-Way Service Also to be Offered as DIRECTV Broadband Satellite
                                   Service

Germantown,  MD,  USA,  27 April  2000 --  Continuing  its  theme  of  Broadband
Everywhere(R)  the  company  that  pioneered   broadband  Internet  service  via
satellite today announced plans to market a two-way broadband  satellite service
to  consumers.  Hughes  Network  Systems  (HNS),  a unit of  Hughes  Electronics
Corporation,   will  add  two-way  capabilities  to  its  nationwide  high-speed
satellite  Internet  service,  DirecPC(R),  early in the fourth  quarter of this
year.  The new service will be marketed  through the more than 26,000 retail and
distribution  outlets  currently  carrying  Hughes products and services such as
DIRECTV  services and HNS  receivers.  Offering  always-on  capability,  the new
two-way  high-speed  satellite service allows consumers to completely bypass the
dial-up telephone network and land-based choke points on the Internet.

"DirecPC  makes truly  universal  broadband  access a reality for  consumers and
enterprises  alike," said Pradman Kaul,  chairman and CEO, HNS. "With the launch
of the new two way DirecPC Service  consumers  throughout the United States will
now have access to  broadband  internet  services.  We are also  deploying  this
technology to customers  throughout the world. A recent example is S Kumars.com,
an Internet kiosk operator that has purchased  50,000 DirecPC  terminals for use
throughout  India,  making this the largest single purchase of two-way satellite
terminals ever. With broadband satellite services we can deliver applications to
suit the needs of the Web-centric user everywhere."

"While other  companies may have  announced  plans to launch  two-way  satellite
services  for the  consumer,  only HNS has the  track  record.  Through  DirecPC
services, HNS has years of experience meeting the needs of consumers, SOHOs, and
enterprises,  " said  Paul  Gaske,  executive  vice  president  of the  Consumer
Division  at HNS.  "In  addition,  HNS has  unrivalled  experience  in the  mass
manufacture  of consumer  products  having  built four  million  DIRECTV  System
receivers and DirecPC terminals.  With established  distribution  channels,  and
customer support  services;  as well as Internet partners such as America Online
we will continue to lead the broadband  satellite  Internet  services  market by
providing consumers with innovative new products and services."

Consumer and Enterprise Offerings
For  consumers  the  upstream  speed for the new  service is  anticipated  to be
between  128Kbps and 256kbps and the  downstream  will be at speeds over 40Mbps,
supporting  bursts up to 400 Kbps for each user.  The new two way terminal  will
support small office/home  office (SOHO) and enterprise  applications such as IP
multicasting and content  delivery.  Two-way DirecPC will also be offered with a
DirecDuo antenna system,  allowing consumers to receive both DirecPC and DIRECTV
on the same antenna.

The company expects that the new two-way services will be competitive with cable
and DSL broadband services, and will announce pricing,  availability and service
plans later this year.

                                      - 2 -

The two-way  DirecPC  product will require an antenna to enable  transmission to
the DirecPC  satellites and will use an external device connected via a USB port
to the  PC.  The  two-way  version  of  DirecPC  will  operate  on  the  current
medium-power  Ku-band  satellites  operated by  PanAmSat,  which is 81% owned by
Hughes  Electronics.  A program enabling existing DirecPC subscribers to upgrade
to two-way by adding the additional equipment will be announced later this year.

DIRECTV to Sell Broadband
The new  two-way  DirecPC  will also be  offered  by  DIRECTV  as an  integrated
broadband  service  in  conjunction  with  its  industry-leading   entertainment
services.  DIRECTV  will  now be  able  to  enhance  its  popular  entertainment
programming  packages with the addition of broadband  services  through DirecPC.
Using the  DirecDuo  antenna,  consumers  will  receive the new DirecPC  service
delivered to their desktop  computers  while  simultaneously  receiving  DIRECTV
service through a set-top box to their televisions.

"Adding the two-way  DirecPC  capability to the  DIRECTV(R)  service is a direct
response  to  consumer  demand  for  integrated  entertainment  and  information
products and services," said Eddy W.  Hartenstein,  corporate  senior  executive
vice  president,  Hughes Consumer  Sector.  "Our goal is to provide the consumer
with the most convenient and best in-home entertainment and information services
available.  Initially,  we will do this by offering two-way  broadband  Internet
services  delivered via satellite  modem in  combination  with DIRECTV  services
delivered via set-top box -- both using the DirecDuo single  antenna.  This will
enable our customers to add  broadband  services  while  continuing to use their
existing  set-top boxes to receive their DIRECTV  service.  We believe this will
appeal to many of our 8.3 million existing  customers,  and will be an incentive
for new customers."

Spaceway Plans
"Our new two-way  service  will be the next step  toward  DirecPC  products  and
services  that will  operate on the  Spaceway  satellite  platform;  an advanced
generation of ultrahigh-speed satellites in the Ka band to be deployed in 2003,"
noted Gaske.

AOL Plans
The two-way product and service will also offer new  capabilities to support the
announced AOL Plus Powered by DirecPC service.  "We're very pleased to work with
Hughes  to  bring  this  enhanced   platform  to  AOL  members  using  satellite
technology,  enabling them to enjoy the benefits of AOL Plus enhanced multimedia
content  and  features  via  DirecPC,"  said  Barry  Schuler,   President,   AOL
Interactive  Services Group. "This will be another extension of our AOL Anywhere
strategy,  making our  features and  services  available  across a wide range of
devices and platforms."

About DIRECTV
DIRECTV is the world's largest direct-to-home  provider of digital entertainment
programming.  DIRECTV has more than 8.3 million customers  worldwide,  including
customers of PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV, and in 1999 acquired a record 1.6 million net
new  customers in the United  States,  a 39-percent  increase  over the previous
record year of 1998. In the first quarter of 2000,  DIRECTV acquired 405,000 net
new customers - a new record that  represents a 33-percent  increase in customer
acquisition over the previous record first quarter in 1999.

                                      - 3 -

About Hughes Network Systems
A world leader in providing  wireless  broadband  solutions for  businesses  and
consumers,  Hughes Network Systems (HNS) is a unit of Hughes  Electronics.  With
its award-winning  DirecPC suite of products and services,  its new DirecWay(TM)
service for enterprises,  and its AIReach(TM)  Broadband  products,  HNS enables
high-speed  digital  services and  convergence  products  based on satellite and
wireless  technologies.  Through its  alliance  with  America  Online,  Inc. and
DIRECTV,  HNS has established a leadership position in providing enhanced TV and
interactive  services  in  addition  to its role as a  leading  manufacturer  of
set-top  receivers.  Headquartered  in  Germantown,  MD, HNS is the global  VSAT
market  leader  with  sales of over  300,000  VSAT  terminals  and has sales and
support offices  worldwide.  For more information,  please visit the Web site at
www.hns.com.

The earnings of Hughes Electronics,  a unit of General Motors  Corporation,  are
used to  calculate  the earnings per share  attributable  to the General  Motors
Class H common stock (NYSE:GMH).

Hughes Network Systems: The Broadband Company Bringing You Broadband
Everywhere(TM)

                                    # # #

DIRECTV and DIRECTV  PLUS are  trademarks  of  DIRECTV,  Inc.,  a unit of Hughes
Electronics Corporation.  DirecDuo, and DirecPC are trademarks of Hughes Network
Systems, a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation.  All other trademarks are the
properties of their respective owners.

      From 1:00 p.m.  to 2:00 p.m.  EST there will be a call-in  forum for media
wishing to ask questions relating to this announcement. Please register with the
contacts  listed below,  or call  1-800-700-7860  during the conference  call in
time.  (If you are  calling  from  outside  the  U.S.  or  Canada,  please  call
612-332-0418.)

                                 * * * * * *

                                    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    April 27, 2000
        -----------------
                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
                                            -------------------------------
                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)

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