The drivertars have always been able to use every available (what the VW technically is) car.
They don’t require a player to own one.
“Time traveler” don’t affect this.
As is evident by the fact that I continue to race against several people on my friends list, as AI, that have never played Horizon 4, yet they have cars to drive.
The developers are aware of the earlier-than-allowed cars issue with actual users but you can best help them by sending these reports as a ticket at the Support site instead of on the forums.