Impact-resistant and rigid polyamide compositions

A rigid molding composition consisting essentially of a thermoplastic processible polyamide, an elastomer, and an epoxy having a plurality of epoxide groups, said epoxy has the formula

• Y--O--X--O--Y
• wherein Y is an epoxide carrying radical and X is a divalent radical taken from the class consisting of alkyl of two to ten carbon atoms and aralkyl of seven to twenty carbon atoms, wherein said elastomer is at least one copolymer of an .alpha.-olefin grafted with an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, said elastomer comprising 3 to 20 percent by weight of said composition.