Eyeing a new 2014 SE hatchback...

[MidnaFan]

I'm going to need a new car within a year and I've been looking at Yarises online and on Kelley Blue Book; I've compared the Yaris I want with Corollas, Priuses, and any other below-$20,000 car out there and I like the look and hatchback-yness of the Yaris SE. I want something that's gonna last ten years without much, or any, unexpected maintenance troubles or surprises; that's also the reason I'm wanting the SE (automatic), if I'm going to have it for a decade I want it to be something I'm happy with.
So here is where you fine people come in, is the Yaris reliable? Does it develop some annoying idiosyncrasy after a few years? As someone who is 6'2" is it going to be smaller inside than my Ford Focus?
Everything so far from what I can tell online looks good, so y'all tell me what's bad.

thanks : ).