The supplied line graph demonstrates the amount of time required to manufacture a car by four U.S. located car manufacturers, namely, Nissan, Daimler Chrysler, General Motors, and Ford, in the years between 1998 and 2002.
Overall, the amount of time that Nissan spent manufacturing cars held last place before it dropped sharply by the end of the period, becoming first among the other companies. Almost the same experience was witnessed by General Motors, but with some distinctions, the quantity of hours that General Motors consumed showcased the high point before it started to experience a considerable drop, staying in the second place after Nissan. In contrast, at first the time consumed by Ford showed a low point making it a leader, before it became the third, witnessing a gradual increase.However, Daimler Chrysler held the last place from the third place after a gradual increase.
At the beginning, the time consumed by Nissan was a high point, over 36 hours in 1998, but it started to fall considerably, becoming the leader by reaching a low point of over 20 hours in 2002. Whereas, General Motors remained in second place at 32 hours in 1998 before it experienced a decrease in consumption to over 24 hours in 2002, remaining in second place.
By contrast, the amount of time that Ford spent remained low, at under 26 hours in 1998, before it saw a gradual increase to under 28 hours in 2002, finally remaining in third place by the end of the analysed period. The data for Daimler Chrysler did not show noticeable changes, at first it remained in third place at 34 hours in 1998 before it became last among the others, witnessing a steady decrease to under 30 hours in 2002.