UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

              CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                     THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of report (Date of Earliest Event Reported:  (4-15-99)

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

                                    Delaware
       ------------------------------------------------------------
      (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

          1-3754                                 38-0572512
   --------------------               ----------------------------------
  (Commission File No.)              (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

        3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan        48202
        --------------------------------------------        -----

                                 313-556-1508
           --------------------------------------------------
          (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS


                       Finnegan Named Chairman of GMAC
                       -------------------------------



General  Motors  Acceptance  Corporation (GMAC) announced on April 12, 1999 that
John D. Finnegan was elected chairman of GMAC while continuing as its president.
He  reports  to  John F. Smith, Jr., GM  chairman and  chief  executive officer.
J. Michael Losh will remain as a director of GMAC.



                                    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  the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



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




Dated:     April 15, 1998            By
           --------------
                                     s/  Gerald E. Gross
                                     -------------------------------------
                                     Gerald E. Gross, Comptroller
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

              CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                     THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of report (Date of Earliest Event Reported:  (4-15-99)

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

                                    Delaware
       ------------------------------------------------------------
      (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

          1-3754                                 38-0572512
   --------------------               ----------------------------------
  (Commission File No.)              (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

        3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan        48202
        --------------------------------------------        -----

                                 313-556-1508
           --------------------------------------------------
          (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

                       Finnegan Named Chairman of GMAC
                       -------------------------------

General  Motors  Acceptance  Corporation (GMAC) announced on April 12, 1999 that
John D. Finnegan was elected chairman of GMAC while continuing as its president.
He  reports  to  John F. Smith, Jr., GM  chairman and  chief  executive officer.
J. Michael Losh will remain as a director of GMAC.

                                    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  the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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

Dated:     April 15, 1998            By
           --------------
                                     s/  Gerald E. Gross
                                     -------------------------------------
                                     Gerald E. Gross, Comptroller