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) March 7, 2000
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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.)




300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                    48265-3000
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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 March 7, 2000,  General Motors  Corporation  (GM) issued a press release
announcing  redemption of Series-D  Depositary  Shares and Series-D  TOPrS.  The
release is as follows:

              GM ANNOUNCES REDEMPTION OF SERIES-D DEPOSITARY SHARES
                               AND SERIES-D TOPrS

      NEW YORK - General Motors Corp.  (NYSE: GM) today announced the redemption
of a total of approximately 3 million  outstanding  depositary  shares,  each of
which  represents a one-fourth  interest in a GM Series-D 7.92% Preference Share
(NYSE:  GM.D), and  approximately 3.1 million  outstanding  Series-D 8.67% Trust
Originated  Preferred  Securities (TOPrS) (NYSE:  GM.X). The securities together
have a total face value of approximately $150 million.

      The redemption  date is May 2, 2000.  Investors will receive notice of the
redemptions by publication and by mail.

      "These  redemptions  extinguish two expensive,  debt-like  obligations for
General  Motors,  while  having a  positive  impact  on GM $1-2/3  common  stock
earnings per share," said GM Vice President and Treasurer Eric A. Feldstein.

      The  Series-D  depositary  shares  will be  redeemed at a price of $25 per
depositary  share,  plus accrued and unpaid  dividends of $0.18 per share, for a
total  redemption  price  of  $25.18  per  depositary  share.  In  addition,  as
previously announced, a dividend of $0.495 per Series-D depositary share for the
quarter  ended  March 31,  2000 will be paid on May 1,  2000 to the  holders  of
record on April 3, 2000. The Series-D  depositary  shares,  issued in July 1992,
first became redeemable at GM's option beginning Aug. 1, 1999.

      The Series-D  TOPrS will be redeemed at a price of $25 per security,  plus
an accrued and unpaid  distribution of $0.01 per share,  for a total  redemption
price  of  $25.01  per  Series-D   TOPrS.   Additionally,   a  distribution   of
approximately  $0.542 per Series-D  TOPrS will be paid on May 1, 2000 to holders
of record on April 15,  2000 for the period  beginning  Feb.  1, 2000 and ending
April 30,  2000.  The  Series-D  TOPrS first  became  redeemable  at GM's option
beginning Aug. 1, 1999. They were issued in July 1997.

     The  redemption/paying  agent for the redemption of the Series-D depositary
shares and the Series-D TOPrS is BankBoston  N.A.,  150 Royall  Street,  Canton,
Mass., 02021. Stockholders with questions about their Series-D preference shares
or  Series-D  TOPrS  may  call  the  information  agent,  Georgeson  Shareholder
Communications Inc., at 1-800-223-2064.

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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    March 7, 2000
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                                       By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
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                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)

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