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 line chart provides information of the amount of time spent on manufacturing a means of transport by four different US-based car producers from 1998 to 2002.

It can be clearly seen that there was a downward trend in the amount of time used to make a vehicle by Nissan, General Motors, and Dalmler Chrysier ,while the opposite was true for Ford.Notably, from 1999 onwards,the figure for Dalmler Chrysier was the highest .

At over 36%,the amount of time taken to produce a vehicle by Nissan was over two times higher,compared with only about 25% for Ford.Over the next three years, the figure for Nissan decreased significantly to under 22% in the last year of the survey,which was the lowest among other companies. By contrast, there was a remarkable rise to approximately over 26% in the production time spent on manufacturing a vehicle by Ford ,which was followed by a slight decline to about 26% at the end of the period.

Looking at the chart, it is evident that in the first year of the survey,the production used to make a vehicle by Dalmler Chrysier was at 34%,2% higher than that of General Motors.In the following one year, the figure for Dalmler Chrysier decreased significantly to just under 32%,then increased slightly to nearly 32%, and finally dropped to under 30% in 2002.Similarly, the figure for general motors plummeted to about 24% over the period from 1998 to 2002.