File No. 333-84309
U.S.$5,000,000,000
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
SMARTNOTES(SM)
DUE FROM NINE MONTHS TO THIRTY YEARS FROM DATE OF ISSUE
Unless otherwise specified in an applicable pricing supplement, the
SmartNotes will not be listed on any securities exchange, and there can be no
assurance that the SmartNotes offered will be sold or that there will be a
secondary market for the notes.
The Agents have advised GMAC that they may from time to time purchase and
sell notes in the secondary market, but the Agents are not obligated to do so.
No termination date for the offering of the notes has been established.
Pricing Supplement No. 72 Trade Date: 01/18/2001
(To Prospectus dated August 12, 1999) Issue Date: 01/23/2001
The date of this Pricing Supplement is January 18, 2001
CUSIP Stated
or Interest Price to
Common Code Rate Maturity Public 1 Reallowance
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37042 GHZ2 5.750% 01/15/2003 100% .3000%
37042 GJA5 6.000% 01/15/2004 100% .4500%
37042 GJB3 6.450% 01/15/2006 100% .7500%
37042 GJC1 6.850% 01/15/2011 100% 1.1000%
37042 GJD9 7.150% 01/15/2016 100% 1.6000%
Payment Survivor's Subject to Redemption
Frequency Option Yes/No Date and terms of redemption
--------- ---------- -----------------------------------------
Semi-Annual Yes No
Quarterly Yes No
Monthly Yes No
Quarterly Yes Yes* *Callable at 100% on 01/15/2003
Monthly Yes Yes** And every coupon date thereafter
**Callable at 100% on 01/15/2004
And every coupon date thereafter
1 Actual Price to Public may be less, and will be determined by prevailing
market prices at the time of purchase as set forth in the confirmation
statement.
Per Note Total
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Public Offering Price ..... 100.00% $5,000,000,000
Agents' Discounts
and Concessions ......... .20%-2.50% $10,000,000-$125,000,000
Proceeds, before
expenses, to General
Motors Acceptance
Corporation ............... 97.50%-99.80% $4,875,000,000-$4,990,000,000
(SM) Service Mark of General Motors Acceptance Corporation
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS
PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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ABN AMRO INCORPORATED
A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.
EDWARD JONES & CO., L.P.
FIDELITY CAPITAL MARKETS
a division of National Financial
Services Corporation
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY
August 16, 1999
