According to "The Balance" - https://www.thebalance.com/auto-industry-bailout-gm-ford-chr...

Taxpayers lost $10.2 billion. Are those the bailouts you're talking about.

There was a brief period where loans were paid back profitably but everyone crowing about profits was ignoring that the rest of the loans were booked against stock which was heavily underwater and later liquidated at substantial losses.

I don't know who The Balance is but these numbers seem consistent from other sources I just looked at.

Please correct me if I have this wrong (not being snarky) -- what I think I know is comprised of varied articles spread across years.