Band 6+: Task 1: You have approximately 20 minutes to complete this task. The chart below gives information on the amount of time taken to manufacture a vehicle by four US-based car producers between 1998 and 2002. Provide an overview of the information by identifying and describing the key details, and include comparisons where appropriate.

The given illustration demonstrates the amount of time taken to produce a vehicle by US-based car manufacturers from 1998 to 2002.

Overall, all US-based car producers went down significantly during four years except for Ford. In 1998, Nissan had the highest vehicle production time, but the figure for Nissan accounted for lowest in 2002.

A similar trend was seen on the amount of time taken to manufacture a vehicle by Nissan and GM for a period of four years. In terms of Nissan, the data decreased rapidly between approximately 37 hours per vehicle in 1998 and 24 hours per vehicle in 2000, then reached the bottom point with 22 hours in the next two years. As for GM, the figure dropped steeply from 32 hours in 1998 to roughly 25 hours in 2002.

In the first year, DC car manufacturers fell by about three hours, while Ford increased slightly at nearly 26 hours. From 1999 to 2001, DC and Ford car producers rose remarkably to nearly 32 hours and approximately 28 hours respectively, then in 2002, the data for DC made up the highest with about 29 hours, followed by Ford with 27 hours.