Your Chevy Colorado was subsidized by fedgov - remember Ford did not take fedgov money. the other two of the big three, GM and Chrysler, did.
Still, Ford’s vehicle prices have gotten way out of hand.
Not so accordingly to this: https://money.cnn.com/2014/05/29/news/companies/gm-profit-bailout/index.html
While the taxpayer lost money on the bail-out, it was over and done with by 2015.