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) August 24, 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 August 24, 2000, General Motors Corporation (GM) issued a press release
announcing the retirement of J. Michael Losh, executive vice president and chief
financial officer. The release is as follows:

GM's Losh To Retire; Finnegan Named Acting CFO

DETROIT -- General  Motors today  announced  the  retirement of J. Michael Losh,
executive vice president and chief financial  officer,  effective Sept. 1. Losh,
54, is retiring after 36 years with GM.

John D. Finnegan,  51, GM executive vice president and chairman and president of
General Motors  Acceptance  Corp.  (GMAC),  will serve as acting chief financial
officer of the corporation in addition to his current responsibilities.

"During his 36-year career at GM, Mike has made a tremendous  contribution to GM
in a broad range of assignments.  And, he's been a long-time  advisor and friend
to me and many others in the  company.  We thank him and wish him well," said G.
Richard Wagoner, Jr., GM president and chief executive officer.

Losh was  appointed  chief  financial  officer,  and  elected a  General  Motors
executive  vice  president,  in  July  1994.  Previously,  he had  been  GM vice
president and group  executive in charge of GM's North  American  Vehicle Sales,
Service and Marketing organization since May 1, 1992.

Born in Dayton,  Ohio, on May 10, 1946,  Losh  graduated from the General Motors
Institute  (GMI) with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical  engineering in
1970,  having been sponsored by the former Inland  Division of GM (now a part of
Delphi).  He also received a master's  degree in Business  Administration  (MBA)
from Harvard University.

He joined General Motors Inland  Division in 1970 after  graduation from GMI. In
subsequent  years, he held assignments in GM's New York  Treasurer's  office and
the  Detroit-based  Financial  staff.  He was named director of finance at GM do
Brasil in Sao  Caetano  de Sul in 1979.  He joined GM de Mexico in early 1982 as
deputy managing  director.  In December of that year, he was named president and
managing director of General Motors de Mexico,  S.A. de C.V., in Mexico City. He
was elected a vice  president of General  Motors and general  manager of Pontiac
Motor Division on July 1, 1984, and was named general  manager of the Oldsmobile
Division in June 1989.

Finnegan has been  responsible for GMAC's  activities  worldwide,  including the
company's  insurance  and  mortgage  operations,  since being  appointed to this
position in May 1999.  He is also  chairman  of the boards of GMAC and MIC,  and
president and chairman of the GMAC Mortgage Group board of directors.

Previously,  Finnegan was vice president and treasurer of GM, based in New York,
a position he held from 1995-97.  He has also served as chief financial  officer
of GMAC,  assistant  treasurer of General Motors, and chief financial officer of
GMAC Mortgage Corporation. He joined GM in 1976.

Finnegan  was born Jan. 31,  1949,  in Jersey City,  N.J. He earned a bachelor's
degree in political science from Princeton University in 1971, a law degree from
Fordham Law School in 1975, and an MBA from Rutgers University in 1976.

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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    August 24, 2000
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                                       By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
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                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)














































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