The supplied line graph demonstrates the quantity of time to manufacture a car by four US located car manufacturers, namely, Nissan, Daimler Chrysler, General Motors, and Ford—in the years between 1998 and 2002.
Overall, as we can see the amount of time that Nissan spent on the manufacturing car held last place before it dropped sharply by the end of the period, becoming the first among other companies, almost the same experience witnessed by General Motors, but, with some distinctions, the quantity of time that General Motors consumed showcased the high point before it started to experience a considerable drop staying on 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 presented a high point over 36 hours in 1998, but it started to fall considerably, becoming the leader by reaching it a low point at over 20 hours in 2002, whereas General Motors remained the second place at 32 hours in 1998 before it experienced a decrease in consumption at over 24 hours in 2002, staying at the second place.
By contrast, the amount of time that Ford spent remained at a low level at under 26 hours in 1998 before it saw a gradual increase at under 28 hours in 2002, finally stayed in third place by the end of the analysed period. The data about Daimler Chrysler didn’t show noticeable changes, at first it stayed in third place at 34 hours in 1998 before it became the last among others by witnessing a steady decrease at under 30 hours in 2002.