Karin having vehicles with Subaru designs despite being based on Toyota makes sense in that, as of today, Toyota owns a large portion of share of Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru's parent company).'Karin' is a Japanese word for Red Sandalwood.The rally team appears to have many companies sponsoring them as seen on their livery, including:
The livery is based on the Subaru Impreza WRX World Rally Team skin, suggesting the division is based on the Subaru World Rally Team. They are responsible for the livery under the same name which can be applied to the Sultan RS and the Sultan Classic in GTA Online. Karin Performance, Karin Racing Auto Performance are a racing division of Karin. The Karin Performance livery applied to the Sultan RS.