I believe the advertising world has expanded its definition of "jingle". I've been wracking my brain trying to think of the last time I heard a commercial for a car use an actual "jingle-with-lyrics", and all I can come up with is "Drive your Chevrolet/See the U-S-of-A/America is asking you to try". I did a (quick) search on YouTube and couldn't come up with any. Some used an actual popular song (like this one from VW in Europe) but in everyone else, the music was to set the mood by itself (like this other one from VW) or to act as a backdrop for the voice-over.
(EDIT: And just for giggles, I dug up the 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse with the dancing girl in the passenger seat here.)
(EDIT: And just for giggles, I dug up the 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse with the dancing girl in the passenger seat here.)
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