A polyamide moulding composition with particularly good tensile strain at break consisting of the following constituents: (A) 50 to 100% by weight of at least one transparent polyamide composed of: (a1) 55 to 77 mol % of acyclic, aliphatic diamine having 5-10 carbon atoms; (a2) 23 to 45 mol % of cycloaliphatic diamine having 6-36 C atoms, where the proportions of (a1) and (a2) are based on the entirety of the diamines used; (a3) 40 to 80 mol % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid or a mixture of such dicarboxylic acids; and (a4) 20 to 60 mol % of acyclic, aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 8 to 16 carbon atoms, or a mixture of such dicarboxylic acids, where the proportions of (a3) and (a4) are based on the entirety of the dicarboxylic acids used; and (B) 0-50% by weight of additives; where the entirety of components (A) and (B) gives 100% by weight.