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What was the name of Esso's "Tiger in the Tank"?

Question #58976. Asked by Poorly.
Last updated May 22 2021.

JoshCaleb12
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JoshCaleb12
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The tiger associated with Standard Oil/Exxon is nameless. Tony the Tiger belongs to Kellogg.
The name of Standard Oil's ad campaign is "put a tiger in your tank."

kgbanswers.com/what-is-the-name-of-the-tiger-mascot-for-esso-gas/10872415 webpage no longer exists


Response last updated by gtho4 on May 22 2021.
Aug 23 2005, 2:57 PM
gmackematix
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gmackematix
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Apart from the lawsuit, the history of the Esso tiger (and Tony) are given on this site and no name seems to have been given to it.
link http://petcaretips.net/famous_cats_tony_tiger.html

Aug 23 2005, 4:38 PM
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wellenbrecher star
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The cartoon tiger had no name but in the 70s Exxon started several campaigns using real tigers for commercials and billboards. The two most prominent tigers were called Tessa and Tango. Tessa spent most of her life in a commercial centre on Aruba where she was photographed with paying shopgoers. Tessa died at the age of 14.
link https://bb.visitaruba.com/f2/deep-regret-963/

Tango died at the age of 22 in Woodside Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire, UK.
link https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3784388/It-s-end-road-Esso-advert-tiger-Tango-surviving-big-cat-classic-fuel-commercial-dies-22.html

For those who understand German, here's a site "The Esso Tiger is dead":
link http://www.tigerfreund.de/4/der_essotiger_ist_tot.htm


Response last updated by gtho4 on May 22 2021.
Jan 23 2021, 12:49 PM
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