People and organizations routinely create channels and generate content, completely fabricated, solely for the purpose of raising money. In Drive Pedia's examples, it'd be considered a low-level form of scamming.
With respect to Drive Pedia and the "Boss 429", there are some tells:
- Going to YouTube and Searching for "drivepedia boss429" results in seven renderings of the "Boss 429". Difficult to imagine Ford creating multiple variants, Drive Pedia getting access to all of them and film each in exactly the same way
- In any of videos I looked at, there were external views only. Nothing under hood, under chassis or interior
- Other web sites have produced their own "Boss 429" videos, which follow the same style and format as Drive Pedia's
- If you look at DrivePedia's videos, they all share the same style, appearance and format. They're all computer-generated renderings
- No human is ever seen in these videos. Ever
- Most obvious, there is no press release from Ford even hinting of such a vehicle
The owner of Drive Pedia has created several channels throughout social media and loaded them with fake content. There are 8B people on the planet. If even a fraction of a percent follow these channels, it'd create a nice revenue stream for the owner.
Damn my formal education, hard work and saving. I knew I should have left school to start a YouTube channel.