EXHIBIT 23(a)






CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  Registration  Statement of
General Motors Corporation on Form S-8 of:

-        our  report  dated  January  20,  2000  (March  7,  2000 as to Note 27)
         appearing  on page II-24 in the  Annual  Report on Form 10-K of General
         Motors Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1999;
-        our  report  dated  January  19,  2000  (March  1,  2000 as to Note 21)
         appearing  on page IV-31 in the  Annual  Report on Form 10-K of General
         Motors Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1999; and
-        our report dated June 9, 2000  appearing  in the Annual  Report on Form
         11-K of the General Motors Savings-Stock  Purchase Program for Salaried
         Employees in the United States for the year ended December 31, 1999.



/s/DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Detroit, Michigan
October 3, 2000































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