Exhibit 23

April 28, 2009

General Motors Corporation

300 Renaissance Center

Detroit, MI 48265



|Re: | Consent of Hamilton, Rabinovitz and Associates
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Hamilton, Rabinovitz and Associates, 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 March 31, 2009, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
May 7, 2009.



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|Form                                   |  | RegistrationStatement No. |  | Description                                                                                                                      
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|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                                                                                              
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|S-8                                    |  | 333-109616                |  | General Motors Savings-Stock Purchase Program for Salaried Employees in the United States                                        
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|S-8                                    |  | 333-44957                 |  | General Motors 1998 Stock Option Plan                                                                                            
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|S-8                                    |  | 333-31846                 |  | General Motors Deferred Compensation Plan for Executive Employees                                                                
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|S-8                                    |  | 333-55122                 |  | The Holden Employee Share Ownership Plan                                                                                         
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|S-8                                    |  | 333-147422                |  | General Motors 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan                                                                                     

Sincerely,



/s/ Dr. Francine F. RabinovitzDr. Francine F. Rabinovitz, President Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Associates, Inc.