Yaris vs. Prius C

[jingles]

I took my occasional look at the local Toyota dealer's site earlier this week and saw that, for once, they had a 3-door L in stock (in addition to a few SEs--one of which is a 2013 that they'd had for more than a year), so yesterday I decided to pay them a visit. Told the first salesman who walked up to me that I was there to check out a Yaris, and I swear to $deity, the first thing out of his mouth after that was, "Are you sure you don't want to look at the Prius C?"

(sigh...)

It turns out that they'd sold the L already and just hadn't updated their website as of the previous day. (What do you know--people are willing to buy a base-model Yaris at a reasonable price, but not an overpriced automatic SE?) I ended up testing driving both an SE and a Prius C Two--they tried to steer me towards the xD and xB too, but their mileage was too meh and ick, respectively.

I have to say, the Prius C's mileage was incredibly impressive, and it feels like you're piloting a spaceship... but the real visibility was awful, and the steering was the worst I've ever felt--and I drive a friggin' Buick. Other than mileage, the only real advantage I saw in the car itself was the slight increase in trunk space over the Yaris--and I brought a tape measure with me and found that, yes, the Yaris could hold the case for my M1 Garand with the seats folded down, so no worries there. I really do like the simplicity of the Yaris L just because it has very few things on it to break. Both cars should last a very long time, I know, but I'd never have to pay a ridiculous amount of money for a replacement key/remote, and I won't ever have to worry about replacing a hybrid battery in the Yaris. The problem really comes down to incentives. It seems to me that Toyota just doesn't give a shit about the Yaris aside from helping it meet CAFE standards and draw people into the dealerships to buy a Corolla or Prius C. So the Prius C Two costs a good $4000 more than the Yaris L, they have incentives to bring the price difference down considerably every couple of months, and that's almost always combined with 0% APR, so the fuel savings counteract the difference in cost much more quickly.

So, what do you guys think of the Prius C in comparison to the Yaris?