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) September 14, 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 September 14 2000,  General  Motors  Corporation  (GM) and Suzuki Motor
Corporation  of Japan  (Suzuki)  issued a press  release to announce a series of
actions  aimed  at  further  strengthening  their  existing  strategic  alliance
including  the  increase of GM's equity  ownership  in Suzuki to 20 percent,  an
agreement to produce the jointly developed  Chevrolet YGM-1 concept car, and the
exchange of personnel. The release is as follows:

GM/Suzuki Further Strengthen Strategic Alliance

Tokyo,  Japan - General Motors and Suzuki Motor  Corporation of Japan  announced
today a  series  of  actions  aimed  at  further  strengthening  their  existing
strategic alliance.

GM will  increase its equity  ownership in Suzuki to 20 percent,  an  investment
that is expected to be earnings  accretive to GM within a year. In addition,  GM
and Suzuki agreed to produce the jointly  developed  Chevrolet YGM-1 concept car
beginning in September  2001. The companies also will exchange  personnel in key
functional areas, and agreed to include GM representation on the Suzuki Board of
Directors.

GM will invest  approximately  $600 million in Suzuki,  which will  increase its
ownership  in the  company  from 10 percent to 20  percent,  primarily  with the
issuance of new shares.  GM's investment will be used to support the development
of an extended model line-up based of the new Chevrolet  YGM-1 passenger car, as
well as other new joint  vehicle  development  projects  and  manufacturing  and
distribution initiatives.

In order to facilitate the various  collaborative  projects,  the companies will
exchange  additional  personnel in key areas such as product  planning,  design,
engineering, research and development, and purchasing. Also, GM Chairman John F.
Smith,  Jr.  will  join the  Suzuki  Board  of  Directors  at the  next  General
Shareholders Meeting in June 2001.

Osamu Suzuki,  Chairman and CEO of Suzuki Motor  Corporation  said, "The time is
right to further enhance our strategic alliance.  This announcement comes on the
second  anniversary of the first strategic  alliance agreement when GM increased
its equity investment in Suzuki to 10 percent.  Over the last two years, we have
been able to  successfully  realize our joint European small car project and our
joint project in Argentina,  both of which had start of productions earlier this
year. We have also made great progress with the jointly  developed YGM-1. We are
now  working on a number of new joint  GM/Suzuki  initiatives  in all four major
regions of the world that will  strengthen  our  overall  global  relationship."
According to Smith, "This  strengthened  alliance with Suzuki is a critical part
of our growth  strategy in this region.  We will expand our cooperation in areas
such as R&D,  purchasing,  finance and information  systems to further  leverage
resources.   In  addition,   we  see  tremendous   opportunities  for  expanding
cooperation  in the  small-sized  end of the car market - especially in Asia but
also in other markets."

Smith added that the closer cooperation between the two companies could generate
significant combined annual benefits.







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The YGM-1 concept car,  revealed last year at the Tokyo Motor Show, will go into
production at Suzuki's Kosai Plant with a start of production of September 2001.
"We are absolutely thrilled that GM will be able to build this jointly developed
vehicle at  Suzuki's  mother  plant in Japan,"  said  Rudolph A.  Schlais,  Jr.,
President of GM Asia Pacific.  "This is strong evidence that our joint small car
strategy  is  working.  It will be among  the  first of many  jointly  developed
vehicles with Suzuki and our other alliance partners for the Asian region and is
consistent  with GM Asia Pacific's  strategy of sourcing Asian derived  vehicles
for the region."

The YGM-1 announcement is the latest of a number of joint GM/Suzuki  initiatives
that have been  implemented  recently.  In July, GM and Suzuki announced a joint
distribution  initiative in the Philippines involving Suzuki's  participation in
the GM  Autoworld  retail  concept.  In  August,  GM and Suzuki  announced  that
Chevrolet  will be  distributing  a sporty  model based on the Suzuki  Wagon R +
vehicle in Japan under the  Chevrolet MW model name. A similar  approach will be
considered  throughout the region. In addition,  this month GM and Suzuki agreed
that Suzuki will invest in the GM  Colmotores  operation in Colombia.  This move
will support  production of a new Suzuki model at GM  Colmotores,  which will be
distributed through the Chevrolet distribution system.

GM and Suzuki are targeting to close this  transaction  in early 2001  following
clearance from regulators in the respective countries.



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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    September 14, 2000
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                                       By
                                            /s/Peter R. Bible
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                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)
















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