The Karlsruhe model is a PHY layer model that can be run "independently" from the MAC layer model. It reproduces the real steps of OFDM processing (coding, transmission with perturbation, decoding).
Be careful about the propagation model you use in YansWifi. A Friis or ThreeLogDistance (as added when a default channel is created 'YansWifiChannelHelper::Default ();) is not realistic enough for vehicular simulation.
A realistic propagation model should involve attenuation (typ. friis), statistic shadowing (typ. shadow) and fast fading (typ. rice with a k between 5 and 7 for urban envt.).