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 line chart provides data on the amount of time taken to manufacture by 4 car brands in America from 1998 to 2002.

Overall, it can be evidence that all 4 car brands witnessed an downward trend on the amount of time taken to complete a vehicle except from Ford. Notably, the amount of time taken to make a vehicle by Nissan decreased sharply and marked the lowest time taken to provide a vehicle among 4 brands.

A closer look to the line chart provides that Ford is the only brand which saw a slight rise on the amount of time to manufacture a vehicle, which started at 25 hours to 26 hours. In constrast, Daimler Chrysler witnessed a decrease in time taken for a single vehicle; Moreover, between 1999 and 2002, the amount of time to complete a vehicle by this brand remained stable then decreased at the end of the period.

General motors spent 32 hours to make a vehicle at the beginning of the research, then the amount of time decreased steadily and end at 24 hours to manufacture a car. Furthermore, Nissan first marked the highest time spent to make a car, but then this amount of time fell sharply and stopped at about 21 hours per vehicle, accounting for the lowest time spent to manufacure a car.