UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, DC 20549-1004



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 9, 2004



                           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 of     (Commission     (I.R.S. Employer
     Incorporation or Organization)      File Number)   Identification No.)

     300 Renaissance Center,                                48265-3000
     Detroit, Michigan                                      (Zip Code)
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                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (313) 556-5000
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ITEM 8.01.  OTHER EVENTS

GM DELAYS FILING OF FORM 10-Q FOR THE 2004 THIRD QUARTER

DETROIT - General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) said today it would delay the filing
of its 2004 third quarter Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. The company expects to file the results within the next several
days. The delay relates to how GM and its financial services subsidiary, GMAC,
account for the sale of certain mortgage assets. The change will have an
estimated effect on GM's consolidated financial statements of less than $0.01
earnings per share for the third quarter, and about a 1.5 percent increase in
GM's total assets as of Sept. 30, 2004.


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                                   SIGNATURES

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
                                          (Registrant)
Date:  November 10, 2004              By:  /s/PETER R. BIBLE
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                                          (Peter R. Bible,
                                           Chief Accounting Officer)