By William Boston

MUNICH--BMW AG (BMW.XE), the world's biggest premium car maker by sales, sees more benefits from the current dollar-to-euro exchange rate than in the past year, Chief Finance Officer Friedrich Eichiner told reporters Wednesday.

"Last year it was a clear burden...that was offset through improvement in the second half," he said in response to a question about the impact of currencies on 2014 earnings. "In the subsequent period we now expect more tailwinds from currencies."

Mr. Eichiner was speaking at the company's annual news conference to present results.

Write to William Boston at William.Boston@wsj.com

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