TYPE:  425
SEQUENCE:  1
DESCRIPTION:  FILING OF COMMUNICATION

                    Filed by General Motors Corporation (GM)
                    Subject Company - General Motors Corporation
                    Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
                    File No. 333-30826

The  following  communication  contains  forward-looking  statements  within the
meaning of the Safe  Harbor  Provisions  of the  Private  Securities  Litigation
Reform Act of 1995.  Reference  made in the following are based on  management's
current  expectations  or beliefs  and are  subject  to a number of factors  and
uncertainties  that could cause actual results to differ  materially  from those
described in the forward-looking statements.

The principal  risk factors that may cause actual  results to differ  materially
from  those   expressed  in   forward-looking   statements   contained  in  this
communication  are  described  in  various  documents  filed by GM with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including GM's Current Reports on Form
8-K dated April 12, 1999, and Filed on April 15, 1999, and April 21, 1999.

The following  is the GM press release issued on March 6, 2000 to announce the
authorization by the GM Board of Directors for the Corporation to seek stock-
holder approval to increase the number of authorized shares of GM Class H common
stock.  Following the press release are questions and answers relating to the
GM Class H common stock share authorization.

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           GM WILL SEEK TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED SHARES OF CLASS H STOCK

                    -- Split of GM Class H Stock Foreseen --


      DETROIT -- The General  Motors  Corp.  (NYSE:  GM, GMH) Board of Directors
today  authorized the corporation to seek  stockholder  approval to increase the
number of authorized  shares of GM Class H common stock from 600 million  shares
to 3.6 billion shares.

      GM's Class H stock is a tracking  stock  designed to provide  holders with
financial  returns  based  on the  financial  performance  of GM's  wholly-owned
subsidiary Hughes Electronics Corporation (Hughes).

      The board of  directors  will  recommend  in  General  Motors'  2000 proxy
statement that stockholders  approve a management proposal to make this increase
at the  corporation's  annual meeting of  stockholders  in June of this year. If
approved,  the GM board  currently  expects  that it will declare a split of the
Class H stock in the form of a stock dividend  shortly after the annual meeting.
The  ratio of such a stock  split  would be  determined  by the GM board at that
time.

      "An increase in the GM Class H share  authorization  would  provide GM and
Hughes increased flexibility to use the Class H stock in ways that would benefit
the  business  and  stockholders,   including  future  acquisitions,   strategic
alliances and stock splits," said General Motors Chairman and CEO John F. Smith,
Jr.  "In  particular,  a split of the GM Class H stock  would make Class H stock
more  accessible to a greater number of  stockholders,  which could broaden GM's
Class H stockholder base."

      The increase in financial  flexibility  will  enhance  Hughes'  ability to
pursue a new  strategic  direction.  Earlier this year,  Hughes  announced a new
strategy designed to focus its resources on its high-growth services businesses.
In particular,  Hughes is evolving as a premier  provider of integrated  digital
information  and  entertainment   communications   services  by  leveraging  its
expertise in satellite and wireless communications systems. Hughes' objective is
to lead the  multi-channel  entertainment  markets with  DIRECTV,  capitalize on
growth  opportunities in the markets for internet services and digital data, and
achieve sustainable market leadership  positions by participating in new markets
and developing new products and services to serve these markets.




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      As previously announced,  GM has filed a preliminary Form S-4 registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange  Commission  relating to GM's plan to
offer to  repurchase  GM $1-2/3 par value  common  stock in  exchange  for up to
approximately  $8 billion of GM Class H common  stock.  Any Class H stock  split
would be declared by the GM board after the completion of that exchange offer.

     While  General  Motors  has  filed a  Registration  Statement  on Form S-4,
including a preliminary  prospectus,  regarding the exchange offer with the SEC,
it has not yet  become  effective,  which  means it is not yet  final.  GM urges
holders of GM $1-2/3  common stock to read the final  Registration  Statement on
Form S-4, including the final prospectus,  regarding the exchange offer referred
to above, when it is finalized and distributed to GM $1-2/3 common stockholders,
as well as the other  documents which General Motors has filed or will file with
the SEC, because they contain or will contain  important  information for making
an informed investment decision.  Holders of GM $1-2/3 common stock may obtain a
free  copy  of the  final  prospectus,  when it  becomes  available,  and  other
documents  filed by  General  Motors at the SEC's  web site at  www.sec.gov,  at
General Motors' web site at www.gm.com, or from General Motors by directing such
request in writing or by telephone to: GM Fulfillment  Center,  30200 Stephenson
Hwy., (MC 480-000-FC1), Madison Heights, Mich. 48071. Telephone: (313) 667-1500,
menu option #2. This communication  shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation  of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of  securities  in
any  state in which  offer,  solicitation  or sale  would be  unlawful  prior to
registration  or  qualification  under the securities laws of any such state. No
offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  Inquiries
from the news  media  should  be  directed  to GM  Corporate  Communications  at
212-418-6380.


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                           Class H Share Authorization
                              Questions and Answers

Class H Authorization Increase
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Q.    What did GM announce today?
A.    The  GM  Board  of  Directors  has  authorized  the  corporation  to  seek
      stockholder  approval to increase  the number of  authorized  shares of GM
      Class H common stock from 600 million shares to 3.6 billion shares.

Q.    What is Class H stock?
A.    GM's Class H stock is a tracking stock designed to provide holders with
      financial returns based on the financial performance of GM's wholly-owned
      subsidiary Hughes Electronics Corporation (Hughes).  A "tracking stock"
      (also known as letter stock) is a separate class of a company's common
      stock that is designed to provide holders with financial returns based on
      the financial performance of a group of assets or a specific business
      unit, division, or subsidiary.  Holders of a tracking stock are
      stockholders of the parent company and not of the underlying business or
      subsidiary.  The market value of the tracking stock generally reflects the
      economic value of the tracked business rather than that of the parent
      company as a whole.  In the case of the GM Class H stock, the security
      tracks the financial performance of Hughes Electronics Corporation.

Q.    What is the purpose of this increase?
A.    An increase  in the GM Class H share  authorization  would  provide GM and
      Hughes  increased  flexibility to use the Class H stock in ways which make
      sense for  stockholders,  such as stock splits,  future  acquisitions  and
      strategic alliances.  If the increase is approved,  the GM Board currently
      expects  that it will  declare  a split  of Class H stock in the form of a
      stock dividend shortly after the shareholders meeting.  Such a split would
      make the  Class H stock  more  accessible  to  stockholders,  which  could
      broaden GM's Class H stockholder base.

Q.    Would this increase in authorized shares be dilutive to the Class H stock?
A.    A stock split would be non-dilutive.  Should the increased shares be used
      for acquisitions  or  strategic  alliances,  such  acquisitions  or
      strategic alliances  could be either  accretive,  neutral or dilutive to
      the Class H earnings per share.


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Q.    How would the stock authorization process work?
A.    The board of directors  will  recommend in GM's 2000 proxy  statement that
      stockholders approve a management proposal to approve this increase at the
      corporation's  annual  meeting of  stockholders  in June of this year.  If
      approved, an amendment to GM's certificate of incorporation would be filed
      with the Delaware Secretary of State to give effect to the increase.

Q.    What happens if stockholders don't approve the management proposal?
A.    If stockholders fail to approve the management proposal, the number of
      authorized Class H shares  will not  increase  and the GM board  would not
      declare a split of the Class H stock.

Q.    What percentage of stockholders have to approve the management proposal?
A.    It must be approved by a majority of GM's common stockholders voting
      together, as well as the holders of the Class H stock voting separately.

Q.    So are you definitely going to do a stock split?
A.    If the management proposal to increase the number of shares is approved by
      stockholders,  the GM board currently expects that it will declare a split
      of the Class H stock in the form of a stock  dividend  dependent  upon the
      share price and market conditions at that time.

Q.    What would be the ratio of a stock split?
      The  ratio  of such a stock  split  would  be  determined  by the GM board
      following the annual  meeting and the completion of the exchange offer and
      will depend on the then prevailing stock price and market conditions.

Q.    What would be the timing of a stock split?
A.    Any Class H stock split would be declared by the GM board after the annual
      meeting  in June and  after the  completion  of the  previously  announced
      exchange offer.

Exchange Offer
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Q.    Does this share authorization have something to do with the exchange offer
      you already announced?
A.    No, the exchange offer and the proposed increase in authorized Class H
      shares are independent items.

Q.    Doesn't your proposed exchange offer increase the number of Class H shares
      outstanding?
A.    Yes,  the  exchange  offer would  increase the number of shares of Class H
      stock outstanding, while not being dilutive to the Class H stock.

      An increase to the number of shares  outstanding would decrease the number
      of shares that remain to be issued within the total amount authorized.

Q.    What is the status of that exchange offer?
A.    On Feb. 22, 2000, GM filed a preliminary Form S-4  registration  statement
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to GM's plan to
      offer to  repurchase  GM $1-2/3 par value  common  stock in  exchange  for
      approximately  $8 billion of GM Class H common stock.  The S-4 has not yet
      become effective, which means it is not yet final.

Q.    When do you plan to execute the exchange offer?
A.    GM has  previously  said that we  currently  expect  the  20-business  day
      offering  period to occur in the  second  quarter of 2000,  following  the
      SEC's review of the Form S-4 registration statement.






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     While  General  Motors  has  filed a  Registration  Statement  on Form S-4,
including a preliminary  prospectus,  regarding the exchange offer with the SEC,
it has not yet  become  effective,  which  means it is not yet  final.  GM urges
holders of GM $1-2/3  common stock to read the final  Registration  Statement on
Form S-4, including the final prospectus,  regarding the exchange offer referred
to above, when it is finalized and distributed to GM $1-2/3 common stockholders,
as well as the other  documents which General Motors has filed or will file with
the SEC, because they contain or will contain  important  information for making
an informed investment decision.  Holders of GM $1-2/3 common stock may obtain a
free  copy  of the  final  prospectus,  when it  becomes  available,  and  other
documents  filed by  General  Motors at the SEC's  web site at  www.sec.gov,  at
General Motors' web site at www.gm.com, or from General Motors by directing such
request in writing or by telephone to: GM Fulfillment  Center,  30200 Stephenson
Hwy., (MC 480-000-FC1), Madison Heights, Mich. 48071. Telephone: (313) 667-1500,
menu option #2. This communication  shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation  of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of  securities  in
any  state in which  offer,  solicitation  or sale  would be  unlawful  prior to
registration  or  qualification  under the securities laws of any such state. No
offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  Inquiries
from the news  media  should  be  directed  to GM  Corporate  Communications  at
212-418-6380.


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