EX-23 5 k46806exv23.htm EXHIBIT 23 exv23
Exhibit 23
October 21, 2008
General Motors Corporation
300 Renaissance Center
Detroit, MI 48265
Re: Consent of Hamilton, Rabinovitz and Associates, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Hamilton, Rabinovitz and Associates, Inc., an independent firm expert in asbestos valuation, hereby consents to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements in the table below of General Motors Corporation (the “Corporation”) of the use of and references to (i) its name and (ii) its review of and reports concerning the Corporation’s liability exposure for pending and estimable unasserted asbestos-related claims included in the Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about November 6, 2008.
         
    Registration    
Form   Statement No.   Description
 
        
S-3 and
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
  333-88508   General Motors Corporation and GM Nova Scotia Finance Company Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Preference Stock and Common Stock
 
        
S-3 and
Amendment No. 1
  333-103530   General Motors Corporation and GM Nova Scotia Finance Company Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Preference Stock and Common Stock
 
        
S-3
  333-105949   General Motors Corporation and GM Nova Scotia Finance Company Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Preference Stock and Common Stock
 
        
S-3 and
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
  333-108532   General Motors Corporation and GM Nova Scotia Finance Company Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Preference Stock and Common Stock
 
        
S-8
  333-109615   The General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate
Employees in the United States
 
        
S-8
  333-90097   General Motors Stock Incentive Plan
 
        
S-8
  333-109616   General Motors Savings-Stock Purchase Program for Salaried
Employees in the United States
 
        
S-8
  333-44957   General Motors 1998 Stock Option Plan
 
        
S-8
  333-31846   General Motors Deferred Compensation Plan for Executive Employees
 
        
S-8
  333-55122   The Holden Employee Share Ownership Plan
 
        
S-8
  333-147422   General Motors 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan
         
  Sincerely,
 		  
  /s/ Dr. Francine F. Rabinovitz    
  Dr. Francine F. Rabinovitz, President   
  Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Associates, Inc.