Exhibit 23(a)




INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  Registration  Statement on
Form S-3 and  Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  1 to  Registration  Statement  No.
333-88508  on Form S-3 of General  Motors  Corporation  and General  Motors Nova
Scotia Finance Company of the following:

o    our report on the Consolidated Balance Sheets of General Motors Corporation
     and  subsidiaries  as of  December  31,  2001  and  2000,  and the  related
     Consolidated Statements of Income, Cash Flows, and Stockholders' Equity for
     each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001 dated January
     16,  2002  (March 6,  2002 as to Note 25)  appearing  on page  II-19 in the
     Annual Report on Form 10-K of General Motors Corporation for the year ended
     December 31, 2001 and

o    our  report  on the  Consolidated  Balance  Sheets  of  Hughes  Electronics
     Corporation as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related  Consolidated
     Statements of Operations  and Available  Separate  Consolidated  Net Income
     (Loss),  Consolidated  Statements  of Changes in  Stockholder's  Equity and
     Consolidated  Statements  of Cash Flows for each of the three  years in the
     period ended  December 31, 2001 dated January 15, 2002 (March 7, 2002 as to
     Note 21)  appearing  in  section  IV of the  Annual  Report on Form 10-K of
     General Motors  Corporation  for the year ended December 31, 2001, and also
     appearing on page 49 of the Hughes Electronics Corporation Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

We also  consent to the  references  to us under the  heading  "Experts"  in the
Prospectuses, which are part of this Registration Statement.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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Deloitte & Touche LLP

Detroit, Michigan
February 28, 2003