자동차 수출 줄어도 기아 3분기 84만 대 역대 최다…현대차 9월 16%↓
Kia Posts Its Best Third Quarter at 846,764 Cars as Korea's Car Exports Dip
Part of the October 2, 2026 daily edition
추석 연휴로 조업일수가 줄면서 9월 한국의 자동차 수출은 지난해 같은 달보다 5.5% 줄어든 60억 5000만 달러에 머물렀습니다. 그 가운데 기아는 9월 한 달 전 세계에서 28만 1984대를 팔아, 지난해 같은 달보다 5.1% 늘었습니다. 국내 판매는 6.7% 줄었지만 해외 판매가 7.5% 늘었습니다. 3분기(7~9월) 글로벌 판매는 84만 6764대로 3분기 기준 역대 최다였고, 종전 최대는 2025년의 78만 5137대였습니다. 반면 현대차의 9월 글로벌 판매는 30만 7998대로 지난해 같은 달보다 16.0% 줄었습니다. 다만 8월보다는 5.5% 늘었습니다.
Translation
With fewer working days because of the Chuseok holiday, Korea's car exports in September stalled at 6.05 billion dollars, down 5.5% from the same month last year. Amid this, Kia sold 281,984 vehicles worldwide in September, up 5.1% on the same month last year. Its domestic sales fell 6.7%, but its overseas sales rose 7.5%. Its global sales in the third quarter (July to September) came to 846,764 vehicles, the most ever for a third quarter; the previous high was 785,137 in 2025. Hyundai Motor, on the other hand, sold 307,998 vehicles worldwide in September, down 16.0% from the same month last year. Compared with August, however, its sales were up 5.5%.
Vocabulary
- 수출명사 (noun)export(s)
- 조업일수명사 (noun)number of working (production) days
- 머물다동사 (verb)to stay at, to stall at (a figure)
- 분기명사 (noun)quarter (of a year)
- 역대 최다표현 (expression)the most ever, an all-time high
- 종전명사 (noun)previous, former
- 반면명사 (noun)on the other hand
- 글로벌 판매명사 (noun)global sales (domestic plus overseas)
Grammar points
-(으)면서as, while (one change brings another)
-(으)면서 links a cause that happened alongside its effect: 조업일수가 줄면서, as working days fell. In economic news it is the usual way to give a reason for a change.
Example: 추석 연휴로 조업일수가 줄면서 9월 한국의 자동차 수출은 지난해 같은 달보다 5.5% 줄어든 60억 5000만 달러에 머물렀습니다.
With fewer working days because of the Chuseok holiday, Korea's car exports in September stalled at 6.05 billion dollars, down 5.5% from the same month last year.
-지만but, although
-지만 sets two facts against each other: 국내 판매는 줄었지만 해외 판매가 늘었습니다, domestic sales fell, but overseas sales rose. Note the switch from 는 to 가, which puts the weight on the second subject.
Example: 국내 판매는 6.7% 줄었지만 해외 판매가 7.5% 늘었습니다.
Its domestic sales fell 6.7%, but its overseas sales rose 7.5%.
N보다는compared with N (at least)
보다는 compares with N while hinting at a contrast with a comparison made earlier: 8월보다는 늘었습니다, it rose compared with August (even though it fell year on year). 다만 at the start of the sentence signals the same limit.
Example: 다만 8월보다는 5.5% 늘었습니다.
Compared with August, however, its sales were up 5.5%.
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