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) November 21, 1997
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                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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            (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                 48243-7301
3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan                 48202-3091
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  (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 November 21, 1997, General Motors' North American Operations  announced
that it intends to begin  construction  of a new engine  plant in the Flint area
next spring,  and that vehicle production at the Buick City Assembly Center will
cease during the third quarter of 1999.

      Pending  discussion with government  officials and final approval from the
GM Board of Directors,  the new engine plant would employ several hundred of the
people working at the Flint V8 plant. GM previously announced the V8 plant would
close in the  1999/2000  time frame.  Investment  in the new engine  plant could
exceed $500 million.  The intended  engine  facility  investment will bring GM's
recent commitments in the Flint area to more than $1.5 billion.

      The  intended  allocation  of a new  engine  product  to the Flint area is
testament to the hard work and cooperative  relations between GM and United Auto
Workers Local 659, which agreed to a new product competitive agreement,  said G.
Richard  Wagoner,  Jr., GM  executive  vice  president  and  president  of North
American Operations.

      "We really want to commend the Durant  Commission,  the State of Michigan,
and local and  federal  officials  for their  efforts  in  helping us to further
invest in the Flint area," Wagoner said.

      The decision to idle Buick City  Assembly  Center is based on  marketplace
studies that showed GM could meet its future needs for full-size car  production
with two plants. The announcement is being made now since the final decision was
just made,  and to end  speculation  that a future  product  will be assigned to
Buick City, Wagoner said.

      GM anticipates  that most of the 2,900 Buick City active hourly  employees
will be offered an  opportunity  to work at other GM facilities at full wage and
benefit levels due to the large number of facilities in the area.  Also, a large
number of those  employees  will be  eligible  to retire by the time  production
ceases at the facility. Those who can't be placed immediately,  will qualify for
comprehensive  job and  income  security  provided  under  the  UAW-GM  national
agreement.  Salaried  employees will have job  opportunities  at other locations
both in and outside of the Flint area.

      The currently estimated after-tax charges for the idling of the Buick City
Assembly  Center and other costs related to the Buick City V6  Powertrain  Plant
are as follows:

      Buick City Assembly           $350 million
      Buick City V6 Powertrain       100 million
            Total                   $450 million

      The Buick City V6  Powertrain  Plant is located on the Buick City  Complex
and produces engines  utilized by the Buick City Assembly Center.  The after-tax
charge is due to the anticipated  idling of employees and the associated cost of
the job security programs provided for by agreements between the UAW and GM. The
number of people in the job security programs is projected to grow over the next
eighteen months to a peak of approximately 500 people.

      The above  after-tax  charges are included in the $2 billion to $3 billion
range of after-tax charges for the results of competitiveness  studies disclosed
most  recently  in GM's  Quarterly  Report  on Form  10-Q for the  period  ended
September 30, 1997.
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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
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                                                    (Registrant)
Date    November 24, 1997
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                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
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                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)










































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