You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows the number of cars produced in three countries in 2003, 2006 and 2009. Summarise the information below in your own words.

Write at least 150 words.

---

Model Answer

The given table compares the changes in the number of cars manufactured in three different countries, which are Argentina, Australia and Thailand, in the years 2003, 2006 and 2009. The maximum cars were manufactured in Thailand in all the three given years.

It is noticeable that the figures for Argentina increased considerably over the six-year period, while a significant fall in car output can be seen in Australia. Overall, Thailand had by far the largest number of vehicles in all the three years.

In 2003, over 160,000 automobiles were manufactured in Argentina, and this figure rose to more than 510 thousand in 2009, an increase of 350,000. By contrast, Australia produced the second largest number of vehicles (approximately 530,000) among the three given countries in the year 2003. However, the figures were the lowest in 2006 and 2009, with 345,000 and 225,000 cars being manufactured respectively.

Thailand is the main producer of cars. Nearly 800,000 cars were produced, and this figure reached its all-time high of 1,180,000 in 2006, but decreased slightly afterwards to a little below 1000,000.

Overall, the production of cars almost trebled in Argentina over a period of six years.