8-K

                                  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) October 6, 2006



                           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, 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 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
           Appointment of Principal Officers.

General Motors Corporation confirmed today that it had accepted the resignation
of Jerome B. York from its Board of Directors. Mr. York was a member of the
Investment Funds Committee and the Public Policy Committee of the Board.

Mr. York's letter, which is attached hereto as an exhibit and incorporated
herein by reference, includes his description of the circumstances related to
his resignation. Also included as an exhibit is a news release reporting Mr.
York's resignation issued by GM on October 6, 2006.


ITEM 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits


Exhibit       Description
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  17          Letter from Jerome B. York, dated October 6, 2006
  99          News Release of General Motors Corporation, dated October 6, 2006






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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
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                                          (Registrant)


Date:  October 6, 2006               By:  /s/PAUL W. SCHMIDT
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                                          (Paul W. Schmidt, Controller)

EX-17

                                 Jerome B. York
                           Oakland Township, Michigan


                                                                October 6, 2006


Mr. George Fisher
Lead Director
General Motors Corporation

Dear George:

Based on my experiences in the GM board room situation since I was elected to
the board of directors some eight months ago, I have concluded there is little
point in my remaining on the board.

While everyone can rightfully feel good that we have succeeded in greatly
reducing the risk of near term bankruptcy (in very substantial part through the
cooperation of the UAW leadership and rank-and-file, but also in substantial
part through the sale of 51% of a strategic asset), the longer term fundamentals
in my view have not yet changed much as regards free cash flow and North
American market share trends.

As I have pointed out both publicly and in the board room, the company has made
excellent progress in a number of areas, and initiatives like higher levels of
product refinement, expansion in Asia and Eastern Europe, and the globalization
of product development can be expected to produce even further results. But are
they enough? I don't think so. I have grave reservations concerning the ability
of the company's current business model to successfully compete in the
marketplace with those of the Asian producers.

The overriding issue remains that of North American share decline, which while
seemingly having been attenuated somewhat over the past few months as we move
through the "sweet spot" in our product renewal cycle, may also be a function of
heavier sales incentive spending of varying forms, as to some degree came out
when I asked the question at Tuesday's board meeting.

But frankly, to get to the crux of the matter, I have not found an environment
in the board room that is very receptive to probing much beyond the materials
provided by management (and too often, at least in my experience, materials are
not sent to the board ahead of time to allow study prior to board discussion).
For obvious reasons I can understand why that environment exists, but in the
sense that all parties' interests are fully aligned around long term shareholder
value creation, that environment has been a puzzle to me.






Mr. George Fisher October 6, 2006

The combination of these various factors--ongoing market share pressures and
negative cash flow, and all parties' mutual objective of shareholder value
creation--was what lead me to propose that the company pursue alliance
studies with Renault-Nissan.

And while from a narrow legal perspective the company may have properly
conducted its assessment of the potential benefits of the alliance, to use a
contract law term, there was certainly not a "meeting of the minds" regarding my
views as to how the study was conducted. I thought I made that clear in the
executive session at the end of the board meeting, but apparently I didn't.

The right thing to have done here--from a governance perspective if not a legal
perspective--would have been for the board to have hired its own independent
advisors, who in turn could have designed the study process to more fully get at
particularly the potential procurement savings.

So in summary, I want to be sure I'm entirely clear regarding the reason for my
resignation. It will undoubtedly be interpreted by many as being driven by the
outcome of the Renault-Nissan matter, but that is not the case. Rather, it
relates to the board room environmental situation I discussed above.

I will shortly make arrangements to return the confidential company materials in
my possession to the Corporate Secretary's office.

Sincerely,

/s/
Jerome B. York

cc:   Members of the GM Board of Directors
      Robert Osborne

EX-99

      General Motors statement regarding the resignation of Jerome B. York
      from the GM Board of Directors

      Oct. 6, 2006


      GM has received Mr. York's resignation from the GM Board of Directors,
      effective today.

      Under the direction of the GM Board, we remain focused on our North
      America turnaround, where we are making real progress, progress
      that is well ahead of what some skeptics thought possible. Over the past
      12 months, we have implemented several fundamental moves - in health care,
      manufacturing capacity, hourly attrition, salaried and executive headcount
      and benefits, asset sales and liquidity enhancements, acceleration of key
      product launches, introduction of the industry's best warranty, and
      completely revamping our marketing strategy. These actions are already
      yielding very significant and needed improvement in our results - more
      than $9 billion in yearly cost savings on a running rate basis by the end
      of 2006, and record revenues in the first two quarters of this year, to
      name but two significant ones.

      General Motors is focused today on several other key matters, as well:
      The successful resolution of Delphi and closing the GMAC transaction in
      the fourth quarter; on the acceleration of the GM Europe turnaround; and
      continued profitable growth, especially in Asia and South America.

      With respect to the comments on the Renault-Nissan alliance study in
      Tracinda's 13D filing, it's appropriate to note that the decision to end
      the equity alliance discussions was unanimously approved by the GM Board,
      which consists of 12 directors, 11 of whom are independent of management.
      This decision was made after a comprehensive process that included joint
      synergy evaluation by the management of all three companies and receipt of
      advice on the proposal by two prominent financial advisers. The GM Board
      concluded that the alliance framework required by Renault-Nissan would
      substantially disadvantage GM shareholders. This structure included the
      potential joint projects, which we agreed could yield significant
      aggregate synergies, but which were highly skewed to Renault-Nissan. The
      structure also included the requirement to sell a substantial equity stake
      in GM at no premium, along with preferential rights, which could have had
      the practical effect of foreclosing GM from entering equity alliances with
      other OEMs. Renault-Nissan made it clear they were unwilling to pay any
      premium in any of these areas.

      Through its support and actions, the GM Board has indicated the best way
      to drive value is to continue to remain focused and vigilant in our stated
      turnaround program.






      Forward-looking Statements

      In this statement and in related comments by General Motors management, we
      will use words like "expect," "estimate," "plan," "goal," "project,"
      "priorities," "target," "intend," "may," "would," "could," or "potential,"
      to identify forward-looking statements that represent our current
      judgments about possible future events. We believe these judgments are
      reasonable, but GM's actual results may differ materially due to a variety
      of important factors.

      Among other items, such factors might include: our ability to achieve
      reductions in costs as a result of the turnaround restructuring, health
      care cost reductions and an accelerated attrition program, to realize
      production efficiencies and to implement capital expenditures at levels
      and times planned by management; the pace of product introductions and
      market acceptance of our new products; the effect of a strategic
      relationship on the competitive environment and the effect of competition
      in our markets; changes in relations with unions and employees/retirees
      and the legal interpretations of the agreements with those unions with
      regard to employees/retirees; our ability to complete the timely sale of a
      51-percent controlling interest in GMAC; labor strikes or work stoppages
      at our key suppliers such as Delphi Corporation or financial difficulties
      at those key suppliers; negotiations and bankruptcy court actions with
      respect to our relationship with Delphi; and changes in economic
      conditions, commodity prices, currency exchange rates or political
      stability in the markets in which we operate.

      The most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form
      10-Q filed by GM provide information about these factors, which may be
      revised or supplemented in future reports to the SEC on those forms or on
      Form 8-K. We caution investors not to place undue reliance on
      forward-looking statements, and do not undertake any obligation to update
      publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
      result of new information, future events or other such factors that affect
      the subject of these statements, except where expressly required by law.

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      GMNA Communications
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