A man has been carjacked while unloading groceries from his car outside his home in Melbourne's south-east.
Two balaclava-clad thieves ambushed the man outside his Albert Road home in Hallam about 3pm on Thursday.
They demanded the car keys and assaulted the man before taking off in his Holden Commodore SS.
The victim suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital.
A short time later, the car was found abandoned beside the Belgrave/Hallam Road Monash Freeway on-ramp, having crashed into some bushes.
Police are now trying to track down the carjacking duo.
The victim, Cliff, told radio station 3AW that he didn't know what was going on until the carjacking was in full swing.
"I had this guy in a balaclava tearing across the front lawn, I actually thought it was a bit of a gag at the time," he said.
Cliff said he and the attacker started fighting when he noticed the second carjacker run behind him.
"I was too concerned with the guy in front of me and all of sudden, lights out." he said
When Cliff came round, the two men were sitting in his car trying to get it started. He ran over and tried to kick them out of the car but they fought him off.
"I've got a loose tooth, half a dozen stitches, graze on the cheek, thumping headache but other than that I'm OK," he said.
The two men did not say anything to Cliff and were wearing black, skull-face balaclavas at the time of the attack.
The car was only four weeks old and had been in for its first service the same day it was stolen, he said.
Sergeant Andrew Payne said the two men only had the car for 10-minute joyride before coming to grief on the side of the freeway.
"It's 3.30 in the afternoon, broad daylight. It's obviously a very brazen crime," he said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.